电机是实现电能转换的核心设备，用于驱动各种生产设备，其连续安全运行直接影响着国民经济及社会发展。异步电机应用广泛，运行工况多样，其故障诊断备受关注。对异步电机故障诊断的重要性以及存在的主要问题进行了分析,总结研究了近年来人工智能技术应用于该领域的最新进展，并提出了后续关注的重点方向和工作。

Motor is the core equipment of electric energy conversion. It is used to drive various production equipment. The safe and continuous operation of motor directly affects the national economy and social development. Among different kinds of motors, asynchronous motors have wide applications and are operated under different conditions, so the fault diagnosis of asynchronous motors have attracted much attention. The importance and main problems of fault diagnosis of asynchronous motors are summarized, and the artificial intelligence technology of fault detection in this field in recent years is discussed detailedly. The key directions and work in the near future are also put forward.