Mechatronics Prototyping for Rushworth

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 Rushworth, Shepparton Central North, Victoria, Australia, to innovate and bring groundbreaking products to market. Our Mechatronics Prototyping service helps you transform innovative ideas into tangible prototypes, accelerating your journey from concept to production-readiness.

Our experienced engineers collaborate with you to capture and refine your requirements, ensuring we understand your vision precisely. We then delve into requirements capture, engineering trade-offs, and integration planning to establish a solid foundation for your project. Regular design reviews and iterations ensure we stay aligned and deliver prototypes that meet your expectations.

We maintain an in-house prototyping lab equipped for rapid hardware and software development, testing, and refinement. This enables us to iterate quickly and efficiently, bringing your product to market faster. Our comprehensive support extends beyond prototyping, encompassing production-readiness planning, handover, and ongoing collaboration.

Whether you need to validate the feasibility of an idea through a proof-of-concept or refine an existing prototype, COLETEK is your trusted partner. We have successfully supported clients across industries, from robotics and medical devices to agricultural technology and consumer electronics.

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, Luke has guided numerous successful product development projects across hardware and software.