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A Massera-type Theorem on relative-periodic solutions for a second-order model of rectilinear locomotion
We study the existence of a global periodic attractor for the reduced dynamics of a discrete toy model for rectilinear crawling locomotion, corresponding to a limit cycle in the shape and velocity variables. The body of the crawler consists of a chain of point masses, joined by active elastic links …