Artificial Intelligence Technology and Engineering Applications

There has been sixty-year development of the artificial intelligence (Al) and the maturation of Al techniques is now leading to extensive applications and industrialization. In this paper, authors review the connotation and evolution of Al techniques and engineering applications. A four-layer framework of the Al technology system is summarized in this paper to help readers understand Al family. Engineering applications of Al techniques have made remarkable progress in the recent years, for instance, applications in fault diagnosis, medical engineering, petroleum industry and aerospace industry. By introducing the state-of-the-art of Al technologies, it can help the researchers in both engineering and science fields get ideas on how to apply Al techniques to solve application-related problems in their own research areas.