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:
These technologies can be used for various applications such as:
COLETEK understands the unique challenges faced by businesses in King Creek, Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia, when it comes to optimizing their operations with automation. Our Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) Solutions offer a seamless and efficient way to streamline workflows, improve productivity, and reduce manual errors.
Our experienced team will collaborate with you to understand your specific needs and requirements. We can assist with everything from requirements capture and engineering trade-offs to integration planning, testing, and production-readiness planning. We also offer periodic design reviews and support across regional and metropolitan clients.
Whether you need assistance with proof-of-concept work, prototype refinement, design reviews, or technical feasibility assessments, COLETEK is your trusted partner. Our in-house prototyping lab enables rapid hardware and software development, testing, and refinement.
Our commitment to innovation has earned us recognition from the Good Design Awards. Founder and Principal Engineer Luke Cole holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a Bachelor of Information Technology, and has contributed to notable projects alongside leading institutions like ANU and CSIRO.
Let us work together to harness the power of automation and optimize your business processes in King Creek, Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia. Contact us today to schedule a consultation and explore how COLETEK can help you achieve remarkable results.
This is a sample of public feedback from a broader range of client work.
Intuitive, innovative & efficient are three words that would appropriately describe the COLETEK service. Luke and the team at COLETEK have taken our concepts to the next level.
COLETEK have provided one to one communication throughout the development process and gone above and beyond in bringing our ideas closer to becoming a reality! Luke's expertise and knowledge with computer software and electronics is Jedi like, but what I liked most about working with him was his willingness and ability to think outside of the box.