Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) Solutions for Tomago

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

At COLETEK, we empower businesses in Tomago and the Lower Hunter Valley with innovative Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) solutions. Our expertise spans the entire lifecycle of your project, from initial discovery and design decisions through prototyping, iteration, integration, testing, and production-readiness planning.

Our team of experienced engineers will collaborate with you remotely to capture requirements, analyze trade-offs, and develop a comprehensive integration plan tailored to your specific needs. We understand the unique challenges of deploying AGVs across regional and metropolitan environments, and our periodic design reviews ensure continuous refinement throughout the process.

With a proven track record of delivering over 150 R&D and new product development projects, COLETEK maintains an in-house prototyping lab to support rapid hardware and software development, testing, and refinement. Our founder and principal engineer, Luke Cole, holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a Bachelor of Information Technology, and has contributed to notable research institutions and industry collaborations.

Whether you require a proof-of-concept study, prototype refinement, design review, or technical feasibility assessment, COLETEK is your trusted partner in automated guided vehicle solutions. We are committed to delivering innovative and reliable technology that enhances efficiency, optimizes workflows, and empowers businesses in Tomago and beyond.

Contact us today to discuss your specific needs and explore how COLETEK can help you harness the transformative power of automation for your business in the Lower Hunter Valley region.