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).
COLETEK's team all has a background in computer vision and machine vision, which have built a wide range of skills and technologies such as:
These technologies can be used for various applications such as:
At COLETEK, we empower businesses in Holt, Canberra, and across the Australian Capital Territory with intelligent computer vision and AI systems. Our team of experts has extensive experience in deploying vision-powered solutions across industries, from agriculture to manufacturing and surveillance. We understand the unique challenges faced by businesses in this region and are committed to delivering practical and impactful solutions tailored to your specific needs.
Our services encompass every step of the process, from discovery and design decisions to prototyping, iteration, integration, testing, and production-readiness. We collaborate seamlessly with clients, leveraging remote tools and Australia-wide support to ensure seamless collaboration and project success.
We have successfully delivered over 150 R&D and product development projects for clients across hardware and software. Our founder, Luke Cole, has contributed to groundbreaking research at leading institutions like ANU, CSIRO, and NICTA/Data61. His extensive experience in robotics, electronics, embedded systems, AI, and product development is invaluable to our clients.
Whether you need camera-based inspection systems for agricultural fields or AI-assisted monitoring for industrial sites, our team can help. We have extensive expertise in camera integration, dataset preparation, model selection, edge deployment, inference pipelines, and system testing. We also understand the importance of practical considerations such as lighting, environment, and deployment logistics in various scenarios.
Let us partner with you to harness the power of computer vision and AI to transform your business operations in Holt, Canberra, and beyond. Contact us today to schedule a consultation and discuss your specific needs.
This is a sample of public feedback from a broader range of client work.
Delivered excellence on time, great work and great team, thanks!
We've worked with Luke and the team on and off for the past two years. We've found them very accessible and extremely thorough in their dealings. Their documentation is second to none and we’d have no hesitation recommending them on this basis alone.
Skykraft is a Canberra based company designing and developing spacecraft for the delivery of global space-based services. Luke and the team have been very responsive with quotes and delivery of machined parts for our company. Looking forward to working with COLETEK on our space programmes.
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!