The invention discloses an overall kinetic parameter identification method based on a series robot, and belongs to the technical field of robot control. The overall kinetic parameter identification method comprises the steps: DH parameters of all axes of the robot are obtained, and a robot kinetic model is established; a minimum inertia parameter set of the robot is determined, and the robot kinetic model is linearized and converted into a form of a product of a minimum inertia parameter vector and a linearized matrix; an excitation track used for identification is calculated, data are collected and filtered, and a corresponding collecting moment and measurement matrix are obtained; and the collecting moment and the measurement matrix are normalized, weighted calculation is conducted on anoptimization algorithm, and kinetic parameters are obtained. According to the overall kinetic parameter identification method based on the series robot, various problems, such as the problem, causedby inconsistency of series axis scales, of excessive error of identification precision of overall or certain axis parameters, the problem of collecting data imperfection and the problem of data credibility, in overall parameter identification can be solved; and meanwhile the kinetic parameters of the robot can be identified on line, and the reliability of parameter identification can be greatly improved.