[Kyle]

This is probably a bad idea but what if there were pieces of straws or something attached to the edges of the loading zone standing up that were pushed over so when a bot enters the zone it will be clearly seen.

I know that could cause the wheels to get cought up in them but it would be a simple and low cost way to solve the problem with out having any effect to the design of other robots.
just an idea..
edit/ this was just an idea that poped in to my head and I thought it could possibly work, I am sure one of the many many many great mentors involved with FIRST could find a way to make this work/edit