With widely applications of advanced CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer/Plastic) in the aerospace industy, the automated fiber placement (AFP) technology has attracted more and more attention from the industries. Four aspects of the research progress on AFP technology at home and abroad are introduced, including: the AFP head mechanical design, the AFP automatic control technology and system, the AFP process research and the AFP CAD/CAM software development. Moreover, the existing technique problems of the AFP technology developing at home are summarized, and the research content and development direction are discussed.