Our CTO (Luke Cole) previously worked for Hemisphere GPS (orginally called BEELINE, and now bought out by AgJunction) as a "Robotics Engineer" implementing auto-guidance solutions for various quadbikes and agriculture tractors that was used by 100's of vehicles around the world.
For 10 years, starting as a teenager in 1998 - Luke Cole has also worked for leading research institutes and companies such as NICTA (now called CSIRO Data61), CSIRO, Seeing Machines and ANU Robotics System Lab (lead by Alex Zelinsky, who received a rare prestigious AO award in 2017 and was Defence Scientist of Australia from 2012 for 6 years). Luke's work included various autonomous mobile robot projects, involving computer vision, and even a self-driving car early 2000's. Back then OpenCV and ROS didn't exist, so we did a "roll-your-own" called VisLib and DROS comprised of 364,578 lines of code.
Lance Cole has also worked at NICTA and has a background of various hardware development, such as working for a contract company to the US millary (EOS), building the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS).
We have a combined 50 years of extensive experience with Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV's). Including cars, tractors, quadbikes and other custom ground-based vehicles.
COLETEK's team all has a background in vehicle automation, which have built a wide range of skills and technologies such as:
- Autonomous Mobile Robots
- Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM)
- Path Planning, Goal Recognition
- Collision Avoidance
- Pattern Recognition
- Object Recognition
- Object Tracking
- Genetic Algorithms
- Neural Networks
- Evolutionary Robotics
- Probabilistic Robotics
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Optical Flow, Point Clouds
- Stereo Active Vision, Panoramic Cameras, Fisheye Lens/Camera, Log-polar Camera, Time of Flight Cameras, Camera Array
- 3D Reconstruction
- Manipulator, Biped and/or Quadped locomotion
- Sensor Fusion: GPS, LIDAR, IR, Ultrasonic, Vision
- PID Controllers, Cascade Control Loops, Fuzzy Logic
- Bayesian Filters, Particle Filters, Kalman Filters, Monte Carlo Methods
These technologies can be used for various applications such as:
- Production Line Object Recognition
- Production Line Automation
- Licence Plate Recognition
- Asset Tracking
- Kid Tracking
- Pedestrian Tracking
- Face Recognition
- Load Haul Dump Automation
- Agriculture Automation
- Robot Lawn Mower
- Forklift Automation
- Floor Cleaning Robot
- Home Land Security Robots
Some of our Robotics Development Experience
Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) Solutions for Karuah, Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia
COLETEK understands the unique challenges faced by businesses in Karuah, Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia, when it comes to optimizing material handling and logistics. Our Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) Solutions leverage advanced technology to automate the movement of goods and materials within your facility, boosting efficiency, productivity, and cost savings.
Our team of experienced engineers will collaborate with you to understand your specific needs and requirements. We can assist with everything from requirements capture and design decisions to prototyping, iteration, integration, testing, and production-readiness planning. We can also facilitate remote collaboration and provide ongoing support across regional and metropolitan clients.
Whether you need to streamline production processes, optimize warehouse operations, or enhance material handling in outdoor environments, COLETEK's AGVs can be tailored to your unique deployment environment. We have successfully delivered similar solutions to clients in industries such as manufacturing, logistics, and agriculture.
Our commitment to innovation and engineering excellence has earned us recognition from industry leaders. We are proud to have received Good Design Awards for product innovation and contribute to projects supported by organizations like ANU, CSIRO, and NICTA/Data61.
Let us help you harness the power of automation to transform your business operations in Karuah, Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia. Contact COLETEK today to schedule a consultation and explore the possibilities together.
