Richard Senington
Senior Lecturer in Automation Engineering
School of Engineering Science
Room PA210O
I am a computer scientist by training, gaining my PhD from the University of Leeds (UK) in 2013. After several years as a software consultant I returned to academia and have worked at the University of Skövde since 2016.
I work with Magnus Holm within the EU funded SYMBIO-TIC which concerns itself with Human Robot Collaboration. My own research interests include Functional Programming and Optimisation and the Industrial Internet of Things.
Education
Course Coordinator
Research
Publications
Projects
2025
23rd International Industrial Simulation Conference, ISC 2025
2025. Conference paper.
2024
Sustainable Production through Advanced Manufacturing, Intelligent Automation and Work Integrated Learning: Proceedings of the 11th Swedish Production Symposium (SPS2024)
2024. Conference paper.
https://doi.org/10.3233/ATDE240171
Sustainable Production through Advanced Manufacturing, Intelligent Automation and Work Integrated Learning: Proceedings of the 11th Swedish Production Symposium (SPS2024)
2024. Conference paper.
https://doi.org/10.3233/ATDE240189
2022
SPS2022: Proceedings of the 10th Swedish Production Symposium
2022. Conference paper.
https://doi.org/10.3233/ATDE220190
2021
Advanced Human-Robot Collaboration in Manufacturing
2021. Chapter in book. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69178-3_17
Computers in industry (Print)
2021. Article.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2021.103433
2020
Optimization Letters
2020. Article.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11590-019-01453-6
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
2020. Article.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2019.101919
2018
Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXXII: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, incorporating the 33rd National Conference on Manufacturing Research, September 11–13, 2018, University of Skövde, Sweden
2018. Conference paper. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-902-7-273
Ongoing projects
Future-Proof Factories: The SMART Way to Resilient Production
How can factories keep running when energy prices rise, machines break down, or labour conditions change suddenly? The SMART project explores this question by redefining how manufacturing works in Sweden. Its focus is on creating systems that are not only stronger and more adaptable but also environmentally responsible and centred around people.
December 2025 - November 2029 Virtual EngineeringVirtual Factories of the Future
Virtual factories with knowledge-driven optimization (VF-KDO) is an eight-year research profile that is being coordinated by the University of Skövde. Research within this profile aims to help strengthen the competitiveness of Swedish industry.
October 2018 - September 2026 Virtual EngineeringFinished projects
SUDO
SUDO is a collaborative research project running over four years that addresses the urgent need to tackle new and emerging challenges related to different types of lock-in effects that impact on decision makers in companies when IT systems are developed, used, and deployed in complex application domains.
October 2020 - September 2024 Informatics