The invention provides a robot video call control method and device, and a terminal and mainly relates to a smart robot capable of realizing a video call through remote control. The method comprises the steps of establishing the video call with a call party and transmitting video stream obtained by a local to the call party; receiving a target-seeking instruction initiated by the call party, analyzing target object information contained in the target-seeking instruction, and determining corresponding target feature information according to the target object information; when a target object is not captured, starting a walking device to carry out local movement, carrying out image identification on the video stream in a movement process, and determining an image containing the target feature information, thereby capturing the target object; and after the target object is captured, controlling the walking device to enable the local to keep a preset distance range with the target object. According to the method, the device and the terminal, the walking device fits with a camera unit, the target object is rapidly captured in the movement process through an image identification technology, the video call is carried out, and the aloneness of a child is reduced through a man-machine interaction function.