Abstract: At present，intelligent processing equipment and technology represent productivity，which is the material basis for improving production efficiency and transforming development mode.The intelligent equipment technology in the processing of livestock and poultry could ensure stable and reliable production，and have significant economic benefits.Therefore，it has become the focus of the international equipment technology industry.The advantage of smart equipment is that it improves the manual work environment，replaces the heavy，boring and manual labor of the workers，improves product quality and the production efficiency，and reduces contact cross-contamination.Application of intelligent equipment in the processing of slaughtering，segmentation and grading of livestock and poultry was summarized，intelligent techniques including machine vision，spectrum detection，multi-technology fusion，X-ray CT imaging and ultrasonic imaging were concluded，current problems that intelligent equipment was not systematic and intelligent technology was not immature on the processing of livestock and poultry were aralyzed，and the future of intelligent equipment technology in livestock and poultry processing was prospected：standardizing and diversifying equipment type；improving level of equipment integration；and promoting development trend of technology convergence.By comparing research progress and development bottlenecks of different technologies，the next research direction was proposed.It can provide relevant information and reference for research and development of intelligent equipment technology on livestock and poultry processing.