ZTE Communications ›› 2016, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (S1): 25-34.doi: DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1673-5188.2016.S1.005

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Current Situation and Development of Intelligence Robots

REN Fuji1, 2 and SUN Xiao1   

  1. 1. Anhui Key Lab of Affective Computing and Advanced Intelligence Machine, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China;
    2. Tokushima University, Tokushima 770800, Japan
  • Received:2016-07-15 Online:2016-12-01 Published:2019-11-29
  • About author:REN Fuji (ren@is.tokushima-u.ac.jp) received the PhD degree in 1991 from Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan. He worked at CSK, Japan, where he was a chief researcher of NLP. From 1994 to 2000, he was an associate professor in Faculty of Information Science, Hiroshima City University, Japan. He became a professor in Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima University, Japan in 2001. His research interests include artificial intelligence, language understanding and communication, and affective computing. He is a member of the IEICE, CAAI, IEEJ, IPSJ, JSAI and AAMT, a senior member of IEEE, a fellow of the Japan Federation of Engineering Societies, and the president of International Advanced Information Institute.
    SUN Xiao (sunx@hfut.edu.cn) received the double doctorates from University of Tokushima, Japan and Dalian University of Technology, China. He is the director of Affective Computing Institute in Hefei University of Technology, China. His research interests include natural language processing, intelligent man-machine talking, machine translation, and machine learning. He created the natural language processing systems for Chinese. Dr. Sun has published more than 70 papers in the journals and conferences as the first author, including 10 SCI retrieved papers and 30 EI retrieved papers.

Abstract: Industrial intelligent robots are treated as a measure of national scientific level and technology innovation, and also the important symbol of high-level manufacturing, while service intelligent robots can directly affect people’s daily lives. The development of artificial robots in different areas is attracting much attention around the world. This article reviews the current situation and development of Chinese and international intelligent robot markets including industrial robots and service robots. The intelligent robot technology and the classification of robots are also discussed. Finally, applications of intelligent robots in various fields are concluded and the development trends and outlook of intelligent robots are explored.

Key words: intelligent robot, artificial intelligence, development trends