概括介绍了自动售货机的市场发展现状，详细介绍了国内外自动售货机的技术研究现状，并简述了自动售货机在其他相关领域的应用。从整个社会的角度，论述了自动售货机对生活、环境的影响。得出自动售货机的未来发展趋势是将其纳入到一个更广阔、更便利的移动商务网平台中，同时能合理利用能源，并带来较少的负面社会影响。

The market of vending machine is presented in this article. The paper introduces the present technology states of vending machine in detail and summarizes the applications of vending machine in other fields. Furthermore, the influences of vending machine on our life and society are discussed. The conclucions are the vending machine will be developed into a wider and more convenient network platform of M-commerce, as well as it can save more energy and produce more little negative influence on our society.

余世明（1962－），男，甘肃天水市人，博士，浙江工业大学信息工程学院教授，研究方向为嵌入式系统与应用