  Topologically nontrivial field configurations called "baby skyrmions" behave
like particles and give origins to the field of skyrmionics that promises
racetrack memory and other technological applications. Unraveling the
non-equilibrium behavior of such topological solitons is a challenge. We
realize baby skyrmions in a chiral liquid crystal and, using numerical modeling
and polarized video microscopy, demonstrate electrically driven squirming
motion. We reveal the intricate details of non-equilibrium topology-preserving
textural changes driving this behavior. Direction of the skyrmion's motion is
robustly controlled in a plane orthogonal to the applied field and can be
reversed by varying frequency. Our findings may spur a new paradigm of soliton
dynamics in soft matter, with a rich interplay between topology, chirality, and
orientational viscoelasticity.
