The invention relates to the technical field of mechanical arm elements, and discloses a novel mechanical arm used for an upper limb rehabilitation robot. The novel mechanical arm used for the upper limb rehabilitation robot comprises a first motor, a second motor, a third motor, a first position sensor, a second position sensor, a third position sensor, a first acceleration sensor, a second acceleration sensor, a third acceleration sensor and a controller. According to the novel mechanical arm used for the upper limb rehabilitation robot, multiple sensors are combined in joint components, force measurement is enabled to be easier, the softness, the safety and the flexibility of the robot are ensured, the force of upper limb rehabilitation training sensitivity operation is improved, a design structure of the mechanical arm is constituted by making multiple rotary joint components in series connection, each joint component is provided with a driving mechanism of a motor reducer, the driving mechanisms can drive the arm to actively move, and therefore rehabilitation training is effectively achieved.