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Outlook Industries are creating some of Australia’s most innovative robots for the Australian Army! 

Owner, Luke Townsend travelled around the world for about 20 years, in the Australian Army.  

In that time, Luke realised a need for autonomous vehicles and ways to reduce risk to soldiers. Over the last few years, Luke has built Outlook Industries from the ground up, alongside the rest of the team - a diverse group of brilliant inventors. 

“The main industry we support is defence, and our main customer is the Australian Army,” said Luke. 

“I’ve lived in much of the rest of the world, I've been to the US and lived in Britain and so on, but we found a little slice of paradise here in Latrobe City. Anyone who lives here doesn’t really have a commute, within 20 minutes you’re where you need to be and the lifestyle and the view is just amazing.” 

Luke found access to a skilled workforce in Latrobe City and has come against very little friction in getting established. He's even partnered with another local business – Plastic Fabrications who are fabricating components for Outlook Industry’s equipment (spot them below). The relationship means that Outlook can source materials locally, cutting back on freight time and support another local business. 

“Key advantages of being in Latrobe City are your access to suppliers and access to manufacturers. In Latrobe City, unlike other locations that we scoped, you can get nearly anything made locally. Within 20 minutes we can pretty much either source or have anything manufactured and for a small to medium enterprise like us, that’s almost like a little superpower. "