Mechatronics Prototyping for Little Hampton

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 Little Hampton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to bring innovative mechatronics products to life. Our team of experienced engineers specializes in transforming ideas into tangible prototypes, iteratively refining them to achieve production readiness.

Our mechatronics prototyping process starts with a deep understanding of your requirements. We collaborate closely with you to capture and refine your vision, considering every technical aspect from requirements capture to integration planning and testing. We leverage our in-house prototyping lab to rapidly iterate on your design, refining functionality and aesthetics.

We understand the importance of seamless collaboration, especially when working across regional or metropolitan clients. Our remote-first approach enables us to work efficiently with geographically dispersed teams, facilitating regular design reviews and progress updates. This ensures transparency and accountability throughout the process.

Our expertise spans various technical areas relevant to mechatronics prototyping, including requirements capture, engineering trade-offs, integration planning, and testing. We have successfully completed over 150 R&D and new product development projects for clients across industries.

Whether you need to validate the feasibility of an idea through a proof-of-concept or refine a prototype for market launch, COLETEK is your trusted partner. We are committed to delivering exceptional results that exceed your expectations and empower you to achieve remarkable breakthroughs in mechatronics.