You’ve wrangled prompts, GPTs, automations, or no-code tools.
If you’ve made something useful without writing much code, this is you. The bar is “did it solve a problem,” not “is it impressive to a senior engineer.”
Fat
Robot
Week.
theunordinary.au/robot
What is this
An all-in brawl of amateurs and experts.
Whether you’re a polyglot in code or you get your neighbour’s kid to set up your phone pin, we want to see what you’ve built, vibe coded, imagined, or willed into reality with AI.
One rule. It has to solve a problem. It doesn’t have to be a big problem (because figuring out what to have for dinner is one of life’s cruelest games) but it does need a raison d’être.
How it works
Submit, get voted on, survive the bracket.
Register your interest now. When we’ve got enough entries to make a proper brawl, submissions open for real. Every entry needs a short video (up to 3 minutes), a one-pager, and a line on the problem you were solving. Voting runs head-to-head, Fat Bear Week style. Last robot standing wins.
Amateur flag. Tick it if you’re AI-curious rather than a paid developer. Everyone brawls in the same bracket, but we want to see where the crossover happens.
You build software, and AI is now part of the loop.
Agents, tools, integrations, weird hacks. Bring the thing you made because the old way was broken or boring.
When
A fortnight or so, depending on turnout.
Soft timeline below. We’ll extend submissions if we need more entries to make it fun. Dates firm up as we go.
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Now
EOIs open
From 22 April 2026. Tell us if you’re in.
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Next
Submissions
Open once we’ve got a proper bracket brewing. You’ll have about a week to submit.
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Then
Voting
One week of head-to-head matchups. Public vote. One vote per matchup.
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Finally
Winner crowned
Bragging rights, a write-up, and six months of The Write Stuff (keep it or gift it to a charity of your choice).
The fine print
Questions you might have.
What counts as a “build”?
Anything you meaningfully built or designed using AI. A prompt library that genuinely works. A little app. A workflow that saves you two hours a week. A GPT, an agent, a Zap, a script, a spreadsheet glued together with Claude. Real, usable, and solves a problem you care about.
Can I submit more than one entry?
Yes, up to three. At EOI stage, tell us about as many as you’ve got cooking. You can decide which ones to formally submit later.
Who judges?
You do. Voting is public and runs head-to-head, like Fat Bear Week. We’ll share short notes on each entry so voters know what they’re looking at, but the bracket is decided by the internet.
What if I’m not sure I’ve got something worth submitting?
Register anyway. Tick the “keep me posted” option. We’ll send a nudge and a handful of tiny problem prompts to get you started. Fat Robot Week is designed for exactly this.
Does it need to be original?
It needs to be yours. Remixes and heavy customisations are fine. Verbatim tutorials or copied templates are not. When you formally submit, you’ll tick a box confirming you meaningfully built or designed the thing.
What happens to my entry if I don’t make the bracket?
If we get more entries than the bracket can hold, we’ll still showcase everyone on the page. Nothing submitted gets binned.
Register
Tell us you’re in.
Takes about two minutes. No video or one-pager required at this stage, that’s for when submissions open for real.
Tag a mate who’s been quietly building.
Fat Robot Week works best when people bring their friends, colleagues, and that one person who keeps saying “I’ve been messing around with Claude and I made this thing.”
Register your interest