Abstract: In order to properly guide its development direction,any new theory has an application scope and needs to be accurately defined. It has become a consensus in the industry to promote intelligent blasting,but there are still different opinions in the industry on how to define intelligent blasting and what should be studied about intelligent blasting. According to the extension and connotation of intelligence and the domain of blasting,the definition of intelligent blasting can be summed as:the use of 5G,artificial intelligence,big data,cloud computing and other new generation of information technology,the gamut of manufacturing activities from blasting design and operation to management and services are combined with each other and fused to establish a comprehensive integrated blasting technology characterized by a range of functional capabilities such as self-perception of deep information,smart-based optimum self-decision making and precision-controlled self-execution,and to solve some blasting issues required human experts to deal with previously,for the purpose of safe,green,intelligent and efficient engineering. Beyond the definition,the main research contents of intelligent blasting are specified as follows:theories and methods of intelligent blasting,collecting and processing technologies of blasting multiple heterogeneous information,intelligent sensing technologies for perceiving blasting surroundings,highly intelligent equipment and technologies of blasting operations,transmission,interaction and processing technologies of blasting information,besides that,the typical industrial application scenarios of intelligent blasting is disscussed. Finally,the development direction of intelligent blasting is given for the future,so as to provide reference for the similar studies.

Key words: intelligent blasting,basic concept,research content,artificial intelligence,new generation of information technology