Research Progress and Development Trends of Underwater Soft Biomimetic Robots

With the increasingly urgent demand for marine resource development, traditional rigid underwater robots have revealed limitations such as poor adaptability and weak interaction capabilities in complex and unstructured underwater environments. Underwater soft biomimetic robots, with their advantages of material flexibility, variable shape, and biomimetic motion, have become an important research direction for overcoming existing technological bottlenecks. This paper aims to explore the research progress and development trends of underwater soft biomimetic robots. Research shows that biomimetic structural design significantly improves the robot's environmental adaptability, while the integrated innovation of technologies such as aerodynamics, smart materials, and magnetic actuation holds promise for achieving long-term reliable operation and swarm collaboration capabilities. This paper provides theoretical reference and technological prospects for the development of underwater soft robots towards a more intelligent and efficient next generation.