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 Duffy, Weston Creek, and across the Australian Capital Territory with intelligent computer vision and AI systems. Our team of experts combines hardware, software, and AI to deliver tailored solutions that address your unique challenges and opportunities.
We understand the specific needs of businesses in industries such as agriculture, industrial sites, surveillance, and field use. Our vision systems leverage advanced technologies like camera integration, dataset preparation, model selection, and edge deployment to deliver reliable and efficient solutions.
From camera-based inspection to AI-assisted monitoring and vision-enabled robotics, we have extensive experience in delivering projects of all sizes. Our iterative approach involves thorough discovery, design decisions, prototyping, iteration, integration, testing, and production-readiness handover to ensure your complete satisfaction.
We collaborate seamlessly with clients across Australia, leveraging our expertise to overcome geographical barriers and deliver exceptional outcomes. Our commitment to innovation and collaboration has enabled us to deliver over 150 R&D and product development projects across hardware and software.
Whether you need to optimize agricultural processes, enhance industrial inspections, or enhance security surveillance, COLETEK's computer vision and AI systems can empower your business to achieve remarkable results. Let's discuss how our innovative solutions can transform your operations and unlock new possibilities.
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.
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.
Delivered excellence on time, great work and great team, thanks!