Foldable peristaltic robot driven by temperature field and driving method of foldable peristaltic robot

The invention belongs to the field of robots, and specifically relates to a foldable peristaltic robot driven by a temperature field and a driving method of the foldable peristaltic robot. The robot is in an I shape as a whole and comprises a driving device and a control device, wherein the driving device comprises three driving units which are arranged at the two sides of the I shape separately, distributed in a straight line and connected in sequence, and each driving unit comprises a two-way shape memory alloy wire; and the control device is arranged at the middle part of the I shape and comprises a bottom plate, as well as a power source and a control circuit which are arranged on the bottom plate, the middle driving unit of the three driving units at the two sides is connected with the bottom plate, and wriggling of the robot is realized by controlling the power-on and power-off sequence of the two-way shape memory alloy wires in the driving units. According to the invention, a temperature field generate