Abstract: Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor and resistance strain gauge sensor were fixed on the uniform strength beam. Vibration detection characteristics of two kinds of sensors were investigated. The advantage and disadvantage of two kinds of sensors were compared. Vibration was caused by a motor which was fixed at the end of uniform strength beam. The vibration signal in time domain was measured, which was monitored by FBG sensor and resistance strain gauge sensor simultaneously, and the frequency spectrum was analyzed from the vibration curve through FFT. The results show that the vibration graph monitored by FBG sensor is consistent with the vibration graph monitored by resistance strain gauge sensor. But the frequency spectrum monitored by FBG sensor has second harmonic and third harmonic obviously. The frequency spectrum monitored by resistance strain gauge sensor has weak subharmonic. The experiment investigation also indicates that the vibration signal can not be monitored by resistance strain gauge under the electromagnetic interference conditions, but can be monitored by FBG sensor.