This paper is concerned with a new concept of vibration control in which thermal stresses are utilized. Thermal actuators are used to generate thermal stresses in a vibrating beam. The thermal actuators are found to work successfully as the control means. Especially the proposed control method in this paper can be effectively applied to the large space structures with low natural frequencies rather than to the structures with high natural frequencies. In the process of control design, various control methods including optimal-robust control method are investigated. Through numerical simulations, it is found that the robust-optimal control method can be efficiently with the vibration control of a cantilever beam using thermal stresses.