Team 48’s robot xtremachen20 has a special trick to trigger the touchpad in the rare event the davit refuses to cooperate. Here are several times where it was used:
Semifinal 2, Match 3 Tiebreaker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXdnm_uFOnM&t=469m54s
Finals Match 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXdnm_uFOnM&t=501m9s