@article {35,
	title = {Discrete one-dimensional crawlers on viscous substrates: achievable net displacements and their energy cost},
	journal = {Mechanics Research Communications},
	volume = {58},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {73{\textendash}81},
	abstract = {<p align="justify">We study model one-dimensional crawlers, namely, model mechanical systems that can achieve self-propulsion by controlled shape changes of their body (extension or contraction of portions of the body), thanks to frictional interactions with a rigid substrate. We evaluate the achievable net displacement and the related energetic cost for self-propulsion by discrete crawlers (i.e., whose body is made of a discrete number of contractile or extensile segments) moving on substrates with either a Newtonian (linear) or a Bingham-type (stick-slip) rheology. Our analysis is aimed at constructing the basic building blocks towards an integrative, multi-scale description of crawling cell motility.</p>},
	keywords = {cell migration, cell motility, crawling motility, limbless locomotion, motility on a solid substrate, self-propulsion, soft biomimetic robots},
	doi = {10.1016/j.mechrescom.2013.10.023},
	author = {Giovanni Noselli and Amabile Tatone and Antonio DeSimone}
}
