Fully-mechanized mining faces are the core area of coal mining,the coal mining efficiency and production safty of which is vitally important.However,the traditional artificial mining method has a series of problems such as low efficiency,high labor intensity and high safety risk.As an effective means to improve the efficiency of coal mining and ensure the safety of miners,automated mining technology has been widely concerned.The application advantages,challenges and countermeasures of automatic mining technology in fully-mechanized mining face were discussed.