On self-propulsion of micro-machines at low Reynolds number: Purcell's three-link swimmer

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Numerical Simulation of a Flapping Foil with Chordwise or Spanwise Flexibility (2007, background): “[32]); it is, however, beyond the scope of the current study.”
The hydrodynamics of swimming microorganisms (2008, background): “This conclusion relies explicitly on the properties of Stokes flows, and in a world with isotropic viscous friction (ξ⊥ = ξ‖), locomotion would not be possible [31, 70].”
A boundary element regularized Stokeslet method applied to cilia- and flagella-driven flow (2009, methodology): “…line integrals of the regularised Stokeslet and their relation to slender body theory For filaments composed of straight line segments, for example the three-link swimmer (Purcell, 1977; Becker et al., 2003; Tam and Hosoi, 2007), equation (11) reduces to the calculation of straight line integrals.”
Beneath Our Feet: Strategies for Locomotion in Granular Media (2015, background): “…hypothesized the three-link swimmer, the helical swimmer, and the flexible oar, which were all followed by in-depth analyses by other researchers (Becker et al. 2003, Jung et al. 2007, Lauga 2007, Liu et al. 2011, Qian et al. 2008, Raz & Avron 2008, Tam & Hosoi 2007, Wiggins & Goldstein 1998,…”