[Mike Betts]

To reinforce what Gary said:

You will have to push back the kicker for both inspection and for putting your robot on the field.

If this involves stored energy of any kind (spring or precharged pneumatics) you must have a totally fail safe system to protect against accidental discharge during handling.

I strongly suggest removable pins in your trigger mechanism(s) with big red tags saying "Insert before handling - Remove before operation".

Regards,

Mike