Product design and prototyping by COLETEK

 FOUNDER-LED AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERING 

 PRODUCT DESIGN & PROTOTYPING 

  We help startups, inventors, and companies develop new products, working prototypes,  
  connected devices, and production-ready systems across electronics,  
  embedded firmware, software, mechanics, IoT, and AI-enabled devices. 
  Established 2001 | Award Winning | 150+ R&D and Custom Product Development Projects  
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Electronics, embedded systems, IoT and AI-powered devices

 ELECTRONICS, EMBEDDED, IOT & AI-ENABLED DEVICES 

 FROM PCB TO WORKING INTELLIGENCE 

  COLETEK develops electronics, firmware, control systems, IoT devices,  
  computer vision systems, and AI-enabled products for real-world use.  
ELECTRONICS DESIGN EMBEDDED FIRMWARE
Robotics and autonomous systems engineering

 ROBOTICS & AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS 

 INTELLIGENT MACHINES FOR REAL-WORLD USE 

  We work across robotics, sensing, computer vision, AI, control,  
  and autonomy, especially where software, electronics, and mechanics meet.  
ROBOTICS & AUTONOMY START A PROJECT

2001

Established in Australia

150+

R&D and product development projects

Award-Winning

Good Design Award recognised work

Founder-Led

Direct technical leadership and execution

Product development for hardware, embedded systems, IoT, AI, and intelligent machines

COLETEK is a founder-led Australian engineering company helping clients move from concept to prototype and toward production. We are strongest where electronics, embedded firmware, software, IoT connectivity, mechanics, and real-world constraints need to come together.

Product Design & Prototype Development

End-to-end services from early concepts and feasibility through to working prototypes, bespoke enclosure design, industrial design, and production-grade products.

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Electronics, Embedded Systems & IoT

Circuit schematics, PCB design, sensor integration, embedded firmware, control systems, connected devices, IoT wireless products, and cloud-connected systems.

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AI, Computer Vision & Intelligent Systems

Practical AI systems across computer vision, smart sensing, automation, and AI-enabled devices.

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Robotics & Autonomous Systems

Robotics, precision motor control, sensor fusion, autonomy, and multidisciplinary mechatronic systems.

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Where COLETEK Fits Best

We are a strong fit for projects that need more than one discipline to work well together. That often includes hardware products, embedded devices, IoT connectivity, AI-enabled systems, intelligent machines, and technical prototypes that must perform outside the lab.

We can support the whole path from early technical review, research, architecture, enclosure and system design through to prototype build, testing, iteration, and production-readiness.

We also support clients earlier in the journey, including 1-day technical reviews, feasibility reviews, discovery work, and research into complex technical problems where the right next step is not yet clear.

Typical clients

  • Startups building a new technical product
  • Inventors needing a practical development path
  • Companies extending or modernising existing products
  • Research and technical teams needing build capability

Typical work

  • 1-day technical reviews and next-step guidance
  • Complex technical problem analysis and research
  • Proof-of-concept and prototype development
  • Electronics, embedded firmware, and IoT devices
  • AI, computer vision, and cloud or on-device system integration
  • Mechatronics, robotics, and autonomy development

Start a 1-day technical review

Not every project should begin with a full build. A focused technical review can clarify risks, feasibility, architecture options, part selection, unit cost, and the most practical next step.

This is often a strong starting point for new product ideas, difficult technical problems, or projects needing independent engineering direction or peer review.

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Selected Public Portfolio Examples

Below is a link to our YouTube channel and a rotating sample of public COLETEK work across product development, electronics, software, IoT solutions, AI-enabled devices, intelligent machines, and robotics. Refresh this page to see more randomly selected public portfolio examples. You can also visit our lab to see more in a private setting. Contact us if you would like examples more relevant to your industry, sector, or project type.


Why Work With COLETEK?

  • Founder-led technical depth from early review through prototype
  • Strong experience across electronics, firmware, software, mechanics, IoT, and AI
  • Practical technical reviews, problem analysis, prototyping, and iteration
  • Experience with real-world constraints, field use, and production-readiness
  • Good fit for complex products where multiple disciplines must align
  • Lean, direct collaboration with a serious technical team

We do not try to be everything to everyone. We are best suited to technical product development, engineering discovery, and complex multidisciplinary work where the outcome needs to function in the real world.

Luke Cole and COLETEK Good Design Award recognition

"Great things take time. Great things evolve through talent, perseverance, iteration, and practical execution."

Founder, Luke Cole (Dual BEng: Mechatronics & Software)

Our Typical Development Path

1. Review / Discovery

Clarify the problem, unknowns, risks, and the most practical development path.

2. Research / Planning

Investigate difficult technical questions, feasibility, architecture options, part selection, unit cost estimation, and trade-offs.

3. Design

Make practical engineering decisions and computer designs across the full system.

4. Prototype

Build and integrate the hardware, firmware, software, and mechanics.

5. Iterate / Prepare

Test, refine, debug, and prepare for the next revision, pilot, field-testing, end-user testing, investor demonstration, or scaling to production.

Let’s build something remarkable together.

If you have a new product idea, prototype, electronics project, embedded or IoT device, AI system, intelligent machine, or a complex technical problem needing investigation, get in touch.

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COLETEK – Our Clients: Big Brands & Small Businesses


COLETEK – Selected Client Testimonials

This is a sample of public feedback from a broader range of client work.

I had a technical design and prototype job I needed done and had contacted two companies in Brisbane before I discovered COLETEK. From my first conversation with Luke, I knew that he was the best person for the job and he delivered under budget and within the required timeframe. The device he manufactured for my company will save us thousands of dollars and it is highly likely that we will on-sell the device to similar organisations. I recommend COLETEK for any design and prototype work you can imagine for your business.

Thank you for your recent help with my enquiry. I have been able to proceed with my project which was proving very difficult before I was fortunate enough to make your acquaintance. The help you have given me and the contacts I have made with your support has been invaluable. Thank you so much and I look forward to a long and fruitful association.

I can say that I've only dealt once with Luke Cole at COLETEK and I found him to be very professional and helpful with his assessment of my device. His expertise and suggestions with regards to my invention was great, despite my pedestrian review of it and what I was hoping it could achieve. In the end his advice was paramount in my final decision as to whether I would move forward with the development of a prototype.

We met with Luke Cole from COLETEK and very quickly realised that he was very knowledgeable in robotics and prototyping. What separates his company from the rest, is that he had a unique value proposition - COLETEK offers a tele-operated / robotic unit for rent and with the flexibility to be modified to build proof-of-concepts. That unit lowered both the cost and time for us to produce a video showing a very challenging concept. In general COLETEK's service was great value. We would recommend them - they will get it done.

COLETEK have been absolutely fantastic in their support and manufacture of various components for us. Our designs are always bespoke, intricate and low volume and it’s great to have an Australian company like COLETEK as a trusted and quality manufacturer for our spacecraft mechanical components and assemblies – which have been flight proven through successful mission operations. Keep up the great work!

In the development of our new product Smart Syphon we had a tight deadline to launch the commercial version of our product and experienced some issues with our drawings. Luke and his team dealt with the issues, worked through the week-end and delivered a quality outcome on time.