A system includes digital servo modules and building blocks that are assemblable in several permutations to construct robotic figures. A central controller communicates with the modules via communication channels, each subdivided into sub-channels. The system utilizes a discovery process wherein the central controller periodically transmits a discovery signal in each sub-channel until a newly attached module transmits a reply to the discovery signal. The central controller transmits position commands to the recognized servo modules and receives position feedback from the recognized modules. The system enables someone to easily program a robotic figure via: a learned motion mode, wherein joints are manipulated and the central controller records a trajectory for each servo module; a user motion capture mode, wherein user motions are captured via camera to generate servo trajectories; and an animation builder mode, wherein a virtual representation of the robotic figure can be manipulated on screen to generate servo trajectories.

An educational construction kit and methods are disclosed. The kit may have a plurality of blocks, each one of the blocks having an integral block data flow, a power exchange, and a structural connector side. Each one of the plurality of blocks may have (a) reprogrammable software to enable end-users to reprogram a unique and a specific behavior of each of the plurality of blocks; and (b) an embedded electronic device with a microcontroller that processes the reprogrammable software to instruct the respective block to perform the unique and the specific behavior. Interconnection of two or more blocks of the plurality of blocks may form a distributed communication network. At least one block of the plurality of blocks may include an additional component to allow the block to perform a different behavior from at least one other block.

The present disclosure relates to the field of robots, and particularly relates to a robot control method, a robot control system and a modular robot. The robot control method includes the steps of: T1: providing a robot, with at least one wheel and at least one motion posture; T2: regulating the robot to a motion posture, saving motion-posture information corresponding to the motion posture, and generating preset action control information based on the speed of the wheel and the motion-posture information; T3: constructing and forming an operating model based on the preset action control information; and T4: outputting, by the operating model, actual motion control information of a motion according to user's input to control the robot to perform the motion. Thus, it is convenient to set motion modes to meet the diverse needs of users, and the design space of the robot suitable for more scenarios is increased.