The invention discloses a magnetically controlled optical drive flexible robot and relates to the technical field of robots. The magnetically controlled optical drive flexible robot comprises a base,a first mechanical arm, a second mechanical arm, a third mechanical arm, a fourth mechanical arm, a liquid crystal elastomer layer, a photothermal conversion reagent layer and a magnetofluid layer, wherein the first mechanical arm, the second mechanical arm, the third mechanical arm and the fourth mechanical arm are sequentially arranged on the top of the base and arranged around the upper surfaceof the base in a bonding mode. According to the magnetically controlled optical drive flexible robot, the application positions, directions and angles of control signals and a driving source are notstrictly limited, signals need to be aligned at different positions in a traditional control mode, different movement direction control is realized, the magnetically controlled optical drive flexiblerobot has a non-contact characteristic, the control and the driving adopt magnetic fields and light sources respectively, wires are not needed, and the magnetically controlled optical drive flexible robot is suitable for complex occasions such as human body targeted drug delivery, complex terrain detection and the like; and when the robot changes the moving direction, the robot does not need to rotate.