Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) Solutions for South Kempsey

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

COLETEK empowers businesses in South Kempsey to harness the transformative power of automation with our comprehensive Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) Solutions. Our team of experts has extensive experience navigating the unique challenges of regional environments, seamlessly integrating AGVs into diverse workflows across manufacturing, logistics, and other industries.

We understand the importance of remote collaboration and periodic design reviews in a geographically dispersed area like the Mid North Coast. Our agile approach facilitates seamless communication and collaboration, ensuring alignment on project goals from initial requirements capture through engineering trade-offs, integration planning, testing, and production-readiness.

Our comprehensive solutions encompass every stage of the journey, from proof-of-concept work and prototype refinement to design reviews, technical feasibility assessments, and production-readiness planning. We leverage our in-house prototyping lab to accelerate hardware and software development, testing, and refinement.

At COLETEK, we are driven by a deep understanding of the technical complexities of AGV implementation. Our expertise spans requirements capture, engineering trade-offs, integration planning, and testing and iteration. We collaborate closely with clients to navigate the nuances of their deployment environment, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance.

Our commitment to innovation has earned us recognition from esteemed organizations like the Good Design Awards. We are proud to be a trusted partner for businesses across Australia, supporting their journey towards operational efficiency and productivity through the power of automation.