AI & Machine Learning Services for Parkes Experts – Practical, Applied AI

At COLETEK, we bring decades of hands-on experience delivering real-world artificial intelligence and computer vision systems. Whether you're located for Parkes or anywhere globally, our AI solutions are designed for embedded, edge, and industrial deployment.

Our CTO, Luke Cole, began engineering AI and robotics as a teenager in 1998. He worked at leading institutes such as CSIRO, NICTA (now Data61), Seeing Machines, and ANU Robotics System Lab, contributing to early self-driving cars, custom AI libraries, and mobile robot autonomy before ROS and OpenCV were even invented.

Luke also worked at Hemisphere GPS (formerly BEELINE, now AgJunction) as a Robotics Engineer, implementing GPS-guided autonomous systems used by hundreds of agricultural vehicles worldwide.

Meanwhile, Lance Cole has worked in advanced military-grade embedded systems, including on the US military's CROWS program at EOS. He brings deep experience in electronics and embedded hardware for AI.

Our team specialises in applied (narrow) AI, particularly in embedded vision, robotics, and real-time decision-making. We’ve built AI systems using:

• Neural Networks (Perceptron, Sigmoid, ReLU, CNNs, RNNs, Transformers)
• Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), and Reinforcement Learning
• Backpropagation, Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD)
• Image Processing: HAAR, HOG, LBP, PCA, CLAHE, Hough, Template Matching
• Object Detection: YOLOv10, EfficientDet, Faster R-CNN, Mask R-CNN
• Frameworks: TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, Caffe, ONNX

We’ve deployed AI models on cost-effective platforms like the Raspberry Pi, and optimized high-performance systems using NVIDIA Jetson (Nano, Xavier, TX1) and NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPUs. Our team understands both the constraints of edge devices and the throughput of datacenter-grade accelerators.

Applications of our AI & Machine Learning Services for Parkes services include:

• Smart agriculture & plant recognition (99%+ accuracy on edge)
• Autonomous vehicle vision & embedded localisation
• Industrial automation & object detection
• AI-powered road signs & hazard detection
• Wildlife monitoring & pest targeting with gimbal vision
• Face, voice, and optical character recognition (OCR)
• Natural language interfaces (Open WebUI + open-source LLMs)

• Edge-first philosophy: We specialise in systems that work offline, on-site, and in real time.
• Custom hardware integration: Cameras, sensors, motors, GPUs, embedded Linux.
• Transparent, ethical AI: Locally hosted, explainable, privacy-conscious.
• Decades of real deployment: From paddocks to highways to defense environments.

If you're based in for Parkes or anywhere globally and need help with robotics, machine vision, or embedded AI, we’d love to hear from you. We speak your language, whether it’s TensorFlow code, NVIDIA CUDA pipelines, or low-level embedded C on ARM systems.

Contact COLETEK today to see how our AI expertise can power your next product or platform.

As a major industrial and agricultural hub in western New South Wales, Parkes is primed for growth and innovation. And to support local businesses in their entrepreneurial pursuits, there's no better partner than COLETEK – a multidisciplinary Australian engineering and product development company established in 2001. With our trusted national reputation and commitment to reliability, collaboration, and capability, we're uniquely positioned to help Parkes-based enterprises overcome the challenges of regional development and capitalize on opportunities in the global market. Our team is dedicated to serving businesses across Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, and throughout Australia, providing tailored engineering solutions that address specific industry needs. From precision agriculture to advanced manufacturing, energy efficiency to infrastructure development, our expertise spans a wide range of sectors. By leveraging COLETEK's cutting-edge capabilities, local enterprises can overcome common barriers like limited resources, scalability constraints, and skill gaps – enabling them to compete effectively on the national stage. What sets us apart is our ability to bring together diverse disciplines under one umbrella. Our engineers, designers, and innovators work closely with clients to develop customized solutions that integrate technical sophistication with practical feasibility. By basing ourselves in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, we're able to maintain a strong connection to the local community, understand regional complexities, and deliver results-oriented projects that make a tangible impact. At COLETEK, we recognize the importance of building long-term relationships with our clients. Through collaborative partnerships, we empower businesses across Parkes, New South Wales, Australia to achieve their full potential – whether through process improvements, product development, or strategic consulting. By tapping into our collective expertise and market insight, local entrepreneurs and innovators can stay ahead of the curve, create new opportunities, and drive regional prosperity.