Abstract: One of the distinguishing features of modern scientific and technological development is "Comprehensive Technology", of which robot is a typical example. Robot, a result of the highly developed automatic technology is one of the major objectives of cybernetics, bionics, computer science, kinematics and dynamics. The paper generally addresses the current industrial robot technology in the world, covering the driving device and present control technology of industrial robot, the existing problems as well as zhe trend of research in this aspect. The description of the future robot is also given in the paper.