Retraction issues, because we're lazy.

[marshmello]

Our team is getting just a little bit sick of booting up the robot before every single match just to pull in our shooter, so we're within frame perimeter to start matches. The other day, I heard one of the mentors mention in passing some kind of arduino-based system that would power the necessary electronics and motors, without powering the robot and the whole comms system. This is sounding better and better as we start working on a lift system for our second regional, seeing as we'd rather not deal with 7 feet of flying tape measure trying to get the robot off of the field. Call me lazy.
So, have any other teams done this? Any ideas on legality/practicality? It would be a huge help, but if it's not more helpful than it is complicated, I can probably suck it up and just keep the driver station up and ready between matches.