Embodiments of the present application provide an electrode plate stacking method and apparatus, and a stacking machine, which can effectively reduce the scrap rate of battery cells. The method includes: determining, based on a first electrode plate, a conveying order of a plurality of second electrode plates, the first electrode plate being a continuous electrode plate, the plurality of second electrode plates including at least one upper electrode plate and at least one lower electrode plate, the plurality of second electrode plates being discontinuous electrode plates, and the conveying order being used for conveying the at least one upper electrode plate and the at least one lower electrode plate alternately; generating an identifier sequence for the plurality of second electrode plates based on the conveying order; and collecting first image data of each of the plurality of second electrode plates based on the identifier sequence in a process of conveying the plurality of second electrode plates in the conveying order.