Mechatronics Prototyping for Heathcote South

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).

At COLETEK, we empower businesses in Heathcote South, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, to bring innovative mechatronics products and solutions to life. Our team of experienced engineers specializes in transforming ideas into tangible prototypes, iteratively refining them to achieve production readiness.

We understand the unique challenges faced by businesses in the region. Our proximity and familiarity with the local industry enable us to seamlessly collaborate with you, whether through remote consultations or on-site visits. We seamlessly navigate logistical hurdles across regional and metropolitan areas to ensure seamless project execution.

Our comprehensive mechatronics prototyping services encompass every step of the process, from requirements capture and design decisions to prototyping, iteration, integration, testing, and production-readiness planning. We leverage our in-house prototyping lab to expedite hardware and software development, testing, and refinement.

Our founder and principal engineer, Luke Cole, holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechatronics and a Bachelor of Information Technology in Software Development from ANU. With over 25 years of hands-on experience, he has collaborated on projects associated with leading institutions like ANU, CSIRO, NICTA/Data61, and Hemisphere GPS / BEELINE.

Let us join forces to transform your innovative ideas into reality. Contact COLETEK today and discover the power of mechatronics prototyping for your business in Heathcote South, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.