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 Isabella Plains, Tuggeranong, and across the Australian Capital Territory with intelligent computer vision and AI systems. Our team of experts has extensive experience in camera integration, dataset preparation, model selection, edge deployment, and inference pipelines.
We understand the unique challenges faced by businesses in industries such as agriculture, industrial sites, surveillance, and field use. Our vision systems can enhance efficiency, optimize workflows, and provide valuable insights from your environment. We collaborate remotely with clients, leveraging Australia-wide support to deliver tailored solutions that meet their specific needs.
Our approach is collaborative and iterative. We work closely with clients through every stage of the process, from discovery and design decisions to prototyping, iteration, integration, testing, and production-readiness. This ensures that the final solution seamlessly integrates with your existing workflows and exceeds expectations.
With over 150 successful R&D and product development projects under our belt, COLETEK has a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions across hardware and software. Our founder, Luke Cole, has contributed to projects in collaboration with esteemed organizations like ANU, CSIRO, NICTA/Data61, Seeing Machines, and Hemisphere GPS / BEELINE.
Whether you need camera-based inspection, object detection systems, AI-assisted monitoring, vision-enabled robotics, or edge inference systems, COLETEK is your trusted partner in transforming your business operations in Isabella Plains and beyond. Contact us today to discuss your specific needs and explore the possibilities of intelligent vision and AI for your organization.
This is a sample of public feedback from a broader range of client work.
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.
Delivered excellence on time, great work and great team, thanks!
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!
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.