The invention discloses a method for intelligently inspection substation equipment by using a robot, which comprises the following steps: arranging RFID tags at the detection points of power equipment, wherein positioning information is stored in each RFID tag; respectively storing the information corresponding to each RFID tag into an upper control host and a lower control machine on an inspection robot; installing an RFID reader-writer on the inspection robot; and after the detection is started, enabling the lower control machine to control the inspection robot to walk to the detection points of the power equipment along the predetermined paths according to the instruction of the upper control host, thereby recognizing the RFID tags by using the RFID reader-writer and finishing the information acquisition of the power equipment. By combining the RFID technology with the communication technology and the automatic control technology, the method successfully solves the problems of positioning and orientating of the inspection robot in the walking process. The method can ensure that the inspection process is convenient and reliable, the acquired data is accurate and effective, and workers can conveniently monitor the working conditions of the field and the operating conditions of the equipment remotely, thereby realizing the purpose of remotely monitoring remote areas and unattended stations.