en.Wedoany.com Reported - China's Bodor Laser recently released the "AI Cutting Machine Classification System White Paper," the first corporate white paper in the laser cutting industry to systematically define AI cutting capabilities. The white paper clarifies the definition of AI cutting machines and establishes a six-level intelligent classification system from L0 to L5.
The white paper states that an AI cutting machine is a laser cutting device that integrates artificial intelligence technology, possessing five core capabilities—perception, analysis, decision-making, execution, and optimization—in cutting operation tasks, forming an intelligent closed loop. These five capabilities constitute a complete intelligent chain from information acquisition to system evolution.
The L0-L5 classification system established in the white paper is based on the core criterion of "who makes decisions." L0 represents no cutting intelligence, with all operations relying on manual work; L1 is cutting assistance, where the system assists in executing some tasks; L2 is partial cutting intelligence, where the system first provides intelligent decision-making suggestions; L3 is conditional cutting intelligence, where the system autonomously completes some decisions in specified scenarios; L4 is high-level cutting intelligence, where the system autonomously completes all decisions in specified scenarios; L5 is full cutting intelligence, where the system autonomously completes all decisions in all scenarios.
The white paper clarifies the essential difference between AI and automation: automation solves "how to execute," while AI solves "autonomous decision-making." L1 and below only have auxiliary execution capabilities, while systems at L2 and above participate in processing decisions. L2 is regarded as the watershed between "ordinary cutting machines" and "AI cutting machines," and also serves as the entry-level indicator for AI cutting machines. For a device to be a true AI cutting machine, it must simultaneously possess five core capabilities and form a data closed loop, with an intelligence level of L2 or above. Currently, the vast majority of laser cutting equipment on the market remains below the L2 level.
At the industry level, this classification system establishes three coordinates: unifying technical language by breaking down AI cutting capabilities into five core capabilities and establishing classification standards; providing a quantitative evaluation system, where each level from L0 to L5 has clear capability characteristics and typical application scenarios; and drawing a technology development roadmap, offering equipment manufacturers and customers a basis for judging technology advancement paths and upgrade space.
2025 is Bodor Laser's first year of AI, with its self-developed enterprise-level AI assistant "XiaoBang Agent" fully deployed. The "AI Cutting Machine Classification System White Paper" released in 2026 marks the extension of its AI layout from the product layer to the rule layer. Bodor Laser has set clear AI technology development goals: reaching L3 by 2027, L4 by 2029, and L5 by 2031.
The white paper believes that the ultimate goal of AI cutting machines is to liberate humans from repetitive labor, transforming them from "operators" into "creators."
