A test for residual vibration suppression of a parallel robot was done based on input shaping control. Firstly, the kinematics of the planar parallel mechanism was analyzed and the dynamic model of the mechanism was constructed. Then, a PD controller was designed for each input shaft, a dynamic model of the whole system including all PD controllers was built. Lastly, input shapers for zero vibration (ZV) and zero vibration derivative (ZVD) of signle mode and for zero vibration-zero vibration derivative (ZV-ZVD) of two-mode, respectively were designed. A test system for a parallel robot was set up. The test results showed that the input shapers can be used to suppress the residual oscillation and the ZV-ZVD shaper is more effective. ©, 2014, Chinese Vibration Engineering Society. All right reserved.