This paper proposed a trajectory controlmethod for a robot manipulator by using neural networks. The total torque for a manipulator is a sum of the linear feedback controller torque and the neural network feedfoward controller torque. The proposed neural network is a multilayer neural network with time delay elements, and learns the inverse dynamics of manipulator by means of PD(propotional denvative)controller error torque. The error backpropagation (BP) learning neural network controller does not directly require manipulator dynamics information. Instead, it learns the information by training and stores the information and connection weights. The control effects of the proposed system are verified by computer simulation.