Mechatronics Prototyping for Keilor Park

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 empowers businesses in Keilor Park, Greater Melbourne & Mornington Peninsula & Geelong to accelerate innovation through expert mechatronics prototyping. We collaborate with you to translate your ideas into tangible prototypes, refining them through iterative design reviews and testing. Our experienced engineers tackle complex technical challenges across robotics, electronics, embedded systems, AI, and product development.

We understand the unique needs of regional businesses and offer flexible engagement models to suit your requirements. Whether you need remote collaboration or periodic design reviews at your location, our team is committed to supporting you throughout the process. We seamlessly integrate prototyping with broader product development, offering guidance on requirements capture, engineering trade-offs, integration planning, testing, and production-readiness planning.

Our proven track record includes over 150 successful R&D and new product development projects for clients across industries. We maintain an in-house prototyping lab equipped for rapid 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, and has extensive experience collaborating with leading institutions like CSIRO and NICTA/Data61.

Let us help you transform your innovative ideas into tangible solutions. Contact COLETEK today to discuss your mechatronics prototyping needs and explore how we can collaborate to achieve remarkable results.