A motor drive circuit for a robot includes a switching unit switching among a normal state in which regenerative power is supplied to a regenerative capacitor, a first state in which a voltage is applied to a first resistor, and a second state in which a voltage is applied to the first resistor and a second resistor based on a detection result of a detection unit, wherein the switching unit switches to the first state when the voltage applied to the regenerative capacitor detected in the detection unit is equal to or larger than a first threshold in the normal state, and switches to the second state when the voltage applied to the first resistor is equal to or larger than a second threshold larger than the first threshold in the first state.