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Vitaliy Fedonyuk is a researcher specializing in nonholonomic dynamics, robotic locomotion, and the control of mechanical systems with constraints. His work sits at a compelling intersection of classical mechanics and modern robotics, with particular emphasis on the Chaplygin sleigh — a canonical nonholonomic system — as a theoretical framework for understanding real-world locomotion challenges. Fedonyuk's most influential contributions include developing control strategies for Chaplygin sleigh-like systems using periodic impulses and elastic internal rotors, earning 20 and 15 citations respectively, advancing our understanding of how periodic forcing can generate and regulate complex locomotive behaviors. His research on compliant mechanisms under nonholonomic constraints (12 citations) broadens these insights to flexible-body robotics, a practically significant area for next-generation robot design. Beyond terrestrial systems, Fedonyuk has made meaningful contributions to aquatic and micro-scale robotics, investigating fish-like swimming robots through limit cycle analysis and exploring the controllability of micro-rotors in Stokes flow. These studies demonstrate his breadth across fluid-structure interaction and low Reynolds number hydrodynamics. Collectively, his body of work — accumulating over 75 citations — offers foundational tools for engineers designing biologically inspired robots that exploit mechanical constraints rather than simply overcoming them.