[Al Skierkiewicz]

Nadav,
I don't have any direction from the GDC to answer your question at this point. I would have to examine it before I would make a decision to put my hands inside while inspecting.
Jim,
I have considered that some teams would have a design likes yours as well. However, the tension supplied by the tubing at rest, holds the kicker in position against a mechanical stop and it can't be fired from that point. (No threat to human safety should something fail except the damage that would occur if the tubing let go.) If the end of the kicker is inside the FRAME PERIMETER then effectively the robot fits the parameters we have been discussing. If you had answered that the kicker had to be in the firing position to fit inside the box, then Mike Betts and I are in agreement I think, that the robot doesn't fit the criteria of unsupported sizing. I expect that teams are considering the same design criteria as you and coming to the same crossroads. Your answers are encouraging, thank you.