The present disclosure relates to the field of robot technology, and discloses a spherical robot and a method of controlling the same. The spherical robot includes: a spherical shell, a spherical shell drive mechanism mounted inside the spherical shell to drive the spherical shell to spin about a center of sphere thereof, and a camera module. The spherical robot further includes a head shell in which the camera module is mounted, the head shell is located outside the spherical shell and is slideable along an outer surface of the spherical shell; and, the head shell is provided with a first magnetic component, the spherical shell drive mechanism is provided with a second magnetic component, and the first magnetic component is in a magnetic connection with the second magnetic component.