[EricH]

Originally Posted by Woody1458

When I say box I mean the 38x28x60 box used during inspection not on the field. But the rule quote still doesn't convince me. I think they give the examples of springs and elastic bands for the intent of explaining that only items introduced to the field by your team fall under the catagory. We wouldn't be introducing the alliance station to the field lol.

No, but it would be used as a restraint. The human would be as well.

Now, I have known teams that were not allowed to power on to get into the box while on the field because they were barely outside it. You risk being in the same boat.

That said, here is my suggestion: figure out a place you can mount a servo. The servo's arm (or attachments to it) should fit into a slot in your spring-hinged wheelie bar. The first thing that happens when the match starts is the servo moves the arm out of the slot. Now, the wall is the restraining item, but the robot is going into playing configuration. It isn't in starting position anymore.