How do you connect vertex groups to an armature? I downloaded the awesome Daft Punk model created by Karol Miklas from Sketchfab and have been trying to pose the figures within but I'm not able to. I'm missing the link between the vertex groups provided in the Blender file and an armature in my project. 



I've watched a lot of YouTube videos for rigging characters and tried Googling for the answer but nothing I've found seems to relate to what I'm trying to accomplish. Being a newbie, I know I'm missing something that's obvious to the more experienced; can you share what steps need to be taken to connect the vertex groups to an armature for posing?
What you could do is give your bones the name of the vertex group they are supposed to control then parent your mesh to the armature with a simple CtrlP > Armature Deform. Each bone will automatically control the group with the same name.