We finished assembling our Arduino kit today and tested it. We identified a missing component (a z-axis sliding plate), which we ordered today. We also coded the movement for the 3D printer using python.
Finished Arduino assembly.
Finished Python code to control movement of 3D printer. (Credits: Yuki)
Additionally, our hamster wheel arrived, so we used it as a prototype to visualise our idea.
We tried to recreate our idea.
We then made a 3D model of the ledge that we envisioned in the wheel in Autodesk Fusion, and 3D printed six of them. Once they are printed, we plan to hot glue them to the hamster wheel.
Screenshots from the .stl file of our ledge.