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:
Harness the power of automation with COLETEK's innovative Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) Solutions in Harpers Hill, Upper Hunter Valley. Our team of experts can assist businesses in seamlessly integrating these intelligent machines into their operations, boosting efficiency, productivity, and safety across diverse industries.
We understand the unique challenges faced by businesses in the region. Our comprehensive approach considers the specific requirements of the Upper Hunter Valley landscape, ensuring optimal deployment and performance of your AGVs. We collaborate closely with clients, from initial requirements capture to design decisions, prototyping, iteration, testing, and production-readiness planning.
Our team has extensive experience in requirements capture, engineering trade-offs, integration planning, and testing and iteration, ensuring seamless deployment of your AGV solutions. We prioritize remote collaboration and offer Australia-wide support, minimizing disruptions and ensuring seamless integration into your business operations.
At COLETEK, we are driven by innovation and a commitment to delivering tangible results. Our proven track record in delivering over 150 R&D and new product development projects across hardware and software speaks volumes about our capabilities. We maintain an in-house prototyping lab to support rapid hardware and software development, testing, and refinement.
Let us partner with you to streamline your workflows, optimize your processes, and achieve remarkable outcomes with Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) Solutions from COLETEK.
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.