FIRST Robotics World Championship Booth Staff in Houston

Eleven8 provides professional booth staff, STEM demo ambassadors, production assistants and recruiting hosts for the companies, universities and organizations exhibiting at the FIRST Robotics World Championship in Houston, briefed to work with a crowd of students. Get a staffing quote today.

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Exhibitor Staffing at the FIRST Robotics World Championship in Houston

The FIRST Robotics World Championship is a convention full of children and teenagers. In 2026 more than 19,000 students on 1,142 teams from 59 countries came to the George R. Brown Convention Center, along with about 6,200 mentors and coaches, 1,600 volunteers and thousands of parents. The event calls itself FIRST Championship, and its 2027 edition runs Wednesday to Saturday, April 28 to May 1, 2027, in the same building, which FIRST has committed to through 2034.

That audience changes what booth staff are allowed to do. Many visitors are under 18, so our crews never spend time alone with a student, never photograph or film a young visitor without the permission route your organization sets, and never take a student's phone number or email for a mailing list unless your policy allows it and a parent or mentor agrees. We brief every person on these rules before the first day, and convention staff from our Houston roster learn your own youth policy as part of the product briefing.

The ages run wide. FIRST LEGO League Explore teams are 6 to 10 years old, FIRST LEGO League Challenge 9 to 16, FIRST Tech Challenge 12 to 18 and FIRST Robotics Competition 14 to 18, and all four programs share the halls. A demo that delights a nine-year-old bores a robot programmer, so our product demo staff learn two or three versions of your explanation and pick one by looking at who is standing in front of them.

Most exhibitors come here to recruit. Engineering employers want to be remembered by the students who will graduate in a few years, universities want applications, and suppliers want teams to choose their parts and software next season. Our hosts talk to mentors and parents as much as to students, point older students to your careers or admissions team, and log adult contacts the way you specify.

Teams spend most of the day in their pits or at the fields, and the halls fill and empty with the match schedule. We plan positions around those waves and around the Einstein finals, when much of the building moves to the arena. Tell us about your booth, your goals and your youth policy, and we will build a crew to suit.

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FIRST Robotics World Championship Staffing Schedule by Match Day

Every FIRST Robotics World Championship booking runs through our 11-step process, adjusted for four days in a convention center where most visitors are students. We plan around your load-in time, the hours when the halls are busiest between matches, your youth policy and the Saturday finals, when crowds move to the arena and many booths go quiet for a while.

An account manager owns your championship week, supported by our operations team at no extra cost. They gather your floor plan, demo script, giveaway counts, uniform, youth rules and recruiting questions, keep your messages separate from crew messages, and check that every person has read and understood your safeguarding notes before they are confirmed for a shift at the George R. Brown.

Each morning staff clock in by geo-location, walk your booth with the lead, test the demo and count stock before the halls open. During the day the lead follows the match schedule, moves people to where students are gathering and sends your account manager a midday note and an evening summary of visitors, adult contacts and the questions students asked most.

1 standby per 8 staff members — a reserve already briefed on your youth rules, ready near downtown Houston each match day
Geo-located clock in & out — a time-stamped record that every crew member reached your booth before the halls opened
Dedicated account manager & on-floor leads — one planner for championship week and a lead for each booth or recruiting table
Daily visitor report & staff ratings — visitors, giveaways, adult contacts collected and notes on every crew member

Youth Safety Steps for FIRST Robotics World Championship Crews

From load-in day to the last Einstein match
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Booth and Policy Plan
Client and crew threads open. Your floor plan, demo script, giveaway counts, uniforms, recruiting questions and youth policy are confirmed and read by every crew member before championship week.
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Early Arrival
Staff arrive well before the halls open, with time to clear the convention center entrances and the crowds of teams arriving with robots, and clock in by geo-location at your booth.
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Hall Walk
Leads walk your booth, the nearest exits, first aid, restrooms, the route to the fields and the information desks, so staff can direct a lost student or a parent quickly.
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Positions
Demo staff go to the stations, hosts to the front of the booth, recruiters' helpers to the careers table and assistants to stock, with cover planned for every break.
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Youth and Demo Briefing
The crew goes over your demo in its short and long versions, your youth rules, what may be photographed, which questions go to your engineers and the day's match schedule.
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Booth Ready
Demo tested, batteries charged, giveaways counted and sorted by age, sign-up tablets set to your adult-only form and the booth clean before the first teams walk past.
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Match Day Traffic
The halls fill between matches. Staff pitch each demo to the age in front of them, keep lines short and moving, and bring mentors and older students to your recruiters.
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Rotating Breaks
Breaks rotate within labor rules and are timed for the quieter stretches when most teams are at the fields, so your booth is never short when a crowd arrives.
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Calm Problem Solving
A lost child, a broken demo or a question nobody can answer is handled by the lead calmly and quickly, with event volunteers or a team's mentor brought in where needed.
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Daily Close
Demo equipment shut down and secured, stock counted, valuables locked away as you direct and the booth tidy; on the last day everything is packed for the freight carrier.
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Visitor Report
Crew debriefed. Visitor numbers, giveaways used, adult contacts, common questions and notes on each person go to your account manager the same evening, with tomorrow's changes.

Staffing Roles at FIRST Robotics World Championship

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Exhibit Booth Staff STEM Demo Ambassadors Production Assistants Recruiting & Reception Hosts

Our Exhibit Booth Staff run the front of your space at the FIRST Robotics World Championship: welcoming teams, families and mentors as they walk past, explaining what you make and why it matters to a young engineer, handing out giveaways suited to each age group and keeping the line orderly. They follow your youth policy on photos and contact details, and they pass every technical or recruiting question to the right person on your team.

FIRST Robotics World Championship Staffing for Engineering Employers

The organizations that book FIRST Robotics World Championship staff with us are the ones that want the attention of young engineers: aerospace, defense, automotive and energy employers recruiting for the future, software and electronics companies whose tools teams use, parts and kit suppliers showing next season's products, universities and engineering schools looking for applicants, and STEM nonprofits running hands-on activities.

Many of the same companies also exhibit at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, and we work the George R. Brown every spring at Comicpalooza, so our crews know the building, its loading docks and its crowds. Local engineering firms and Texas universities also book us for single-day recruiting tables, and national employers use one crew across several halls.

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Eleven8 is an independent staffing agency. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), FIRST Championship, the LEGO Group or the George R. Brown Convention Center. FIRST, FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST LEGO League are trademarks of their owners. We provide event staff to the companies and organizations exhibiting at the FIRST Robotics World Championship. All marks belong to their owners and are used for identification only.

How to Hire FIRST Robotics World Championship Staff

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FIRST Robotics World Championship Team Dinner and Reception Staff

The George R. Brown Convention Center holds the whole championship: the fields for each program, hundreds of team pits, the exhibit areas and the arena for the finals. Teams arrive early with robots on carts, so the entrances are crowded before the halls open. Our staff live in the Houston area, come in by METRORail or carpool well before the first match and know the building from other shows, so they are at your booth when the first team walks past.

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Experienced at the George R. Brown

Our Houston crews have worked fan conventions, energy and medical trade shows and family events at the George R. Brown, so a busy hall full of young visitors is familiar ground. We take roughly the top 3.5% of applicants, and for this event we choose people who explain things simply, stay patient with a long line of curious children and keep a professional tone with mentors and recruiters.

Demos Pitched for Ages 6 to 18

A robot demo has to work for a ten-year-old and a seventeen-year-old programmer in the same hour. Our ambassadors learn a short version and a technical version of your story, check your sheets for the facts, pass questions about specifications, internships and admissions to your engineers or recruiters, and never guess at an answer they cannot support with your material.

Briefed to Work Safely With Minors

Students under 18 are the core of this crowd, and we treat that seriously. Staff are briefed never to be alone with a young visitor, to keep photos and contact forms within your policy and to ask a mentor or parent when a child seems lost. Anything that needs a decision goes to the lead and, where needed, to the event's own staff and volunteers.

Insured, With Clear Limits

Our general liability policy covers each crew member, and certificates go to the convention center or FIRST whenever either requests one. Booth construction, electrical work, freight and anything needing a trade stays with the show contractors the convention center uses, while our crew looks after your demo, your giveaways, your visitors and your guests from opening to close.

Booth, Recruiting Table and Reception Covered

Many exhibitors run a booth, a recruiting table and an evening reception during championship week. We give each part its own crew and lead, one account manager joins them up, and you receive a short daily report with visitor numbers, giveaways used, adult contacts collected and any changes you want for the next match day.

Reachable From Load-In to the Finals

Load-in starts early and the Saturday finals can run late. Your lead and our operations desk can be reached from load-in morning until the final box is on the pallet, and you can ask for extra people, a new position or a longer shift during the day and get the revised plan back in writing.

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The FIRST Robotics World Championship puts your organization in front of thousands of students who may become your engineers, customers or applicants in a few years. Eleven8 supplies booth staff, demo ambassadors, production assistants and recruiting hosts who explain your work clearly, respect the rules that come with a young crowd and keep your booth busy between matches. To plan your championship week, send us your booth details and goals and we will reply with a crew plan and a price.

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Top 3.5% of Applicants
Every person on a FIRST Robotics World Championship crew has passed an interview and reference checks and completed our 11-step training before they are offered the shift. You see their profiles ahead of the event and can ask for changes, and all of them read your demo notes and your youth policy before the halls open.
24,821 Active Staff Across North America
The Houston roster we draw on is large enough to staff a four-day championship with local people, which keeps hotel costs out of your budget and makes early starts easy. It also lets us add demo staff for the busy afternoons and the Saturday finals, then scale back on a quieter first morning, using people who already know your booth from earlier in the week.
One Planner for Championship Week
A single account manager plans your championship week from start to finish: floor plan, freight times, uniforms, demo scripts, youth rules, recruiting forms and any evening reception. Our operations team backs them without a fee, and your instructions sit in a dedicated thread, so nothing you send gets lost among the many crew updates of a four-day event.
Briefed Reserves Near Downtown Houston
For every eight people booked, one more is briefed and on standby near downtown Houston each match day at no cost to you. Should someone fall ill or is held up, the reserve steps in already knowing your demo and your youth rules, and the lead tells you who took over and when they reached your booth.
Convention and Family Event Experience
Our staff come from conventions, trade shows, museum-style family events and college fairs. They are used to explaining a product to a child and to an engineer in the same hour, keeping a long line good-humored, and handling the noise and pace of a busy hall without losing patience or forgetting the rules you set.
Reachable Through Every Match Day
Your lead and our operations desk answer from the first freight delivery to the last match on Saturday. A short message can add a demo host for a crowded afternoon, move someone to your recruiting table or extend a shift for the finals, and the change comes back to you confirmed in writing within minutes.

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FIRST Robotics World Championship Staffing FAQs

Are most FIRST Robotics World Championship visitors under 18? +
A large share of them, yes. In 2026 FIRST reported more than 19,000 students among about 50,000 attendees, with the youngest competitors aged 6 and the oldest about 18, plus mentors, coaches, parents and volunteers. That is why every crew is briefed on working with minors before the first day: no time alone with a young visitor, no photos or filming without the permission route your organization uses, and no pressure on children to sign up for anything. If you have your own youth policy, send it with your request through the quote form and we will build the briefing around it.
May booth staff collect contact details from students at the championship? +
Only in the way your organization allows. Many companies collect contact details only from adults, or from students over a set age with a parent or mentor present, and some use team-level contacts instead of individual ones. We set your sign-up tablets to the form you choose, and staff explain it plainly to anyone who asks. Students who want to stay in touch can be pointed to your website or social channels instead. Our hosts never keep a private list, and all details stay in your system, so you remain in charge of how the information is stored and used.
Which FIRST programs compete in Houston, and how does that change a booth? +
Four programs share the George R. Brown. FIRST LEGO League Explore (ages 6 to 10) and FIRST LEGO League Challenge (9 to 16) bring younger children, FIRST Tech Challenge (12 to 18) brings classroom-sized robots, and the FIRST Robotics Competition (14 to 18) brings large industrial-style robots and the biggest teams. A booth near the younger programs needs quick, hands-on activities and simple language; one near the Robotics Competition fields gets questions about code, motors and careers. We place staff and choose the demo version according to where your booth sits and who passes it most.
Can staff visit team pits to invite students to our booth? +
Only if a team invites them. The pits are each team's workspace for the whole championship, often busy with repairs between matches, and teams decide who comes in. Pit areas also have their own safety rules, including safety glasses, which our staff follow whenever they are there. Instead of walking the pits, our ambassadors meet teams in the aisles and at your booth, and they can deliver invitations or flyers to a team only when your plan and the event's rules allow it. Mentors are usually the best contact for arranging a visit to your booth or a demo for a whole team.
How do recruiters and admissions teams use event staff at FIRST Championship? +
They use our hosts to manage the line and the paperwork so their own people can talk. At a careers or admissions table, a host welcomes visitors, asks whether they are a student, a mentor or a parent, hands out your information, books short conversations with your recruiters and collects adult details through your form. Older students are often thinking about internships or college choices, and parents ask practical questions about programs and scholarships. Our hosts pass those to your team rather than answering themselves, and send you a list of adult contacts at the end of each day.
What happens to booth traffic during the Einstein finals? +
It drops for a while, then comes back. When division winners meet in the Einstein playoffs, many teams and families head to the arena to watch, and the exhibit areas get quieter until the matches end. We use that time for breaks, restocking and resetting demos, keep a smaller group at the booth for visitors who stay behind, and bring everyone back for the rush after the finals, when teams have time to look around before leaving. Your lead follows the published schedule so the crew is ready for both the lull and the return.
Which giveaways suit robotics teams and younger children? +
Small, light items that suit both a teenager and a young child. Stickers, buttons, pins and small notebooks go down well, and teams often trade buttons and pins with each other during the week. Anything with small parts needs care, because FIRST LEGO League Explore brings children as young as 6, so we keep those items behind the table and hand them to older visitors. Staff hand out one per person unless you set another limit, keep a count for your daily report and save some stock for the last day. Food and drink samples follow the convention center's catering rules.
Can you staff team dinners and mentor receptions near the George R. Brown? +
Yes. Many exhibitors hold team dinners, alumni meetups, mentor receptions and recruiting evenings at hotels and restaurants close to the George R. Brown during championship week. We send hosts, check-in staff and ambassadors with their own lead, separate from your booth crew, and your booth keeps its full team until closing. If students attend, the same youth rules apply as at your booth, and alcohol is served only by the venue's licensed staff. Add the venue, the guest list size and the times to your quote request, and we will plan the evening team alongside your daytime crew.

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