[1075master]

Our team has had some discussion on this for our design.
What we take from it is based both on this rule aswell as the sizing rules.
Your robot is obviously not allowed to extend beyond its frame perimeter until the last 20 seconds(FINALE).
The exception being that something below the bumper zone is allowed to extend past the frame for up to 2 seconds(a air ram, foot, etc).
If your robot had say a sloped top, you could in theory go outside of the frame as long as this item does not extend past the widest part of your robot.
As per the sizing your robot can be well above the bumper area, and it doesn't matter whats in it. If your kicker mechanism takes up the whole size allowed then so be at so long as any part that comes outside the FRAME PERIMETER is below the bumper.