As the "sensing nerves" of the Internet of Things, smart sensors are deeply penetrating smart cities, healthcare, smart vehicles and other fields, restructuring industrial ecosystems. Global smart sensor shipments reached 8.6 billion in 2025, with MEMS sensors accounting for over 52%. The market size is expected to reach US$78 billion by 2030, with the Asia-Pacific region contributing over 45% of global growth.

As core devices integrating sensing, computing and communication, smart sensors are key supports for Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing. The global smart sensor market reached US$88.6 billion in 2025, with China’s market at about RMB 470 billion, growing at over 15% annually. The industrial sector accounts for 44.7%, making it the largest application scenario.

This article compares LoRaWAN and NB-IoT from technical indicators, deployment costs, and operational complexity, providing selection guidance for building IoT projects.

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence and IoT technology, sensor technology is ushering in iterative breakthroughs, evolving from traditional single-function to high-precision, miniaturized, intelligent and multi-modal. Especially in fields such as humanoid robots and industrial automation, it has become the core support for promoting technological innovation and helping the high-quality development of industries. The performance improvement and function expansion of sensors are breaking the technical bottlenecks of the industry and unlocking the possibilities of more application scenarios.

Recently, the energy-saving renovation projects of existing buildings in various regions have been continuously promoted. The upgrading of building automation systems has become the core starting point. Through technological empowerment, the energy consumption of old buildings has been significantly reduced, taking into account both energy-saving benefits and operation and maintenance efficiency, and promoting the green development of the whole life cycle of buildings.