The recent development and application progress of the intelligent painting robot system were summarized,such as intelligent control technology,intelligent path generating,the informationize and intelligent quality control in mass production,and intelligent maintenance.The analysis showed that the intelligent painting robot system would provide more powerful technical support for the prosperity and development of the automotive industry,and was expected to break through the technical bottlenecks such as multi variety,small batch painting in short commissioning time and no overspray painting,and was fully applied to various general industries.