Mechatronics Prototyping for Glenaladale

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 Glenaladale, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, to innovate and bring groundbreaking products and solutions to market. Our Mechatronics Prototyping service helps you transform innovative ideas into tangible prototypes, ensuring successful product development from concept to production.

Our experienced engineers collaborate with you to capture and refine your requirements, translating them into practical and feasible design decisions. We leverage our state-of-the-art prototyping lab to rapidly iterate on your ideas, refining prototypes through testing and feedback. This iterative approach ensures you achieve optimal results before moving towards production readiness.

We understand the unique challenges of remote collaboration and the need for periodic design reviews in regional areas. Our team seamlessly integrates with your organization, leveraging advanced digital tools and secure data management practices to ensure seamless communication and progress tracking.

Our comprehensive support extends beyond prototyping. We can assist with requirements capture, engineering trade-offs, integration planning, testing, and production-readiness planning. This holistic approach ensures a smooth and successful product development journey from concept to market.

COLETEK has delivered over 150 R&D and new product development projects across hardware and software, earning recognition for innovation and product quality. 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, bringing extensive expertise to every project.