[Woody1458]

Originally Posted by EricH

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.

The reason I am hesitant to do something like this is while we are a 6th year team, we have no engineering mentors, just a wonderful teacher that signs papers and opens the room for us, and our most complcated tool is a Miter Saw, no mill not lathe. Thus we always try to do anything to avoid a complication. I see this servo being a complication that could be avoided.