Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) Solutions for Heathcote

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).

We have a combined 50 years of extensive experience with Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV's). Including cars, tractors, quadbikes and other custom ground-based vehicles.

COLETEK's team all has a background in vehicle automation, which have built a wide range of skills and technologies such as:

Autonomous Mobile Robots
Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM)
Path Planning, Goal Recognition
Collision Avoidance
Pattern Recognition
Object Recognition
Object Tracking
Genetic Algorithms
Neural Networks
Evolutionary Robotics
Probabilistic Robotics
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Optical Flow, Point Clouds
Stereo Active Vision, Panoramic Cameras, Fisheye Lens/Camera, Log-polar Camera, Time of Flight Cameras, Camera Array
3D Reconstruction
Manipulator, Biped and/or Quadped locomotion
Sensor Fusion: GPS, LIDAR, IR, Ultrasonic, Vision
PID Controllers, Cascade Control Loops, Fuzzy Logic
Bayesian Filters, Particle Filters, Kalman Filters, Monte Carlo Methods

These technologies can be used for various applications such as:

Production Line Object Recognition
Production Line Automation
Licence Plate Recognition
Asset Tracking
Kid Tracking
Pedestrian Tracking
Face Recognition
Load Haul Dump Automation
Agriculture Automation
Robot Lawn Mower
Forklift Automation
Floor Cleaning Robot
Home Land Security Robots

Some of our Robotics Development Experience

Succeeding Together in Heathcote, Victoria, Australia with COLETEK

As a business owner or decision-maker in Heathcote, Victoria, Australia, you understand the importance of having reliable partners to support your operations and drive growth. At COLETEK, we're proud to be a multidisciplinary Australian engineering and product development company established in 2001, with a national reputation built on our innovative approach, technical expertise, and commitment to collaboration. With a deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by businesses operating in Heathcote, Victoria, Australia, we take pride in being part of your local community. Our team is dedicated to serving businesses across Heathcote, Victoria, Australia, providing tailored support that addresses their specific needs and goals. Whether you're looking to improve efficiency, enhance products or services, or expand into new markets, our multidisciplinary expertise ensures that our solutions are grounded in a deep understanding of the technical, commercial, and social contexts that matter. As your trusted partner, we're committed to building long-term relationships based on reliability, trust, and open communication. Our capabilities extend across multiple disciplines, allowing us to tackle complex challenges from every angle. Whether you need assistance with design, prototyping, testing, or manufacturing, our expertise is at your disposal. Throughout Heathcote, Victoria, Australia, businesses like yours have come to rely on COLETEK for guidance and support in building innovative products and solutions that drive growth, improve performance, and reduce risks. We're not just engineering experts – we're committed collaborators who pride ourselves on delivering results within the budgets and timelines you need. So why choose COLETEK? Because our national reputation is built on a foundation of trust, collaboration, and innovation, with expertise honed across multiple disciplines to support businesses operating in Heathcote, Victoria, Australia. We believe that together, we can build something remarkable.

Let’s build something remarkable together.