Spilled Movie Night Snacks Before the Guests Arrive

Living Room Difficulty 4 Weirdness 3 ~340s estimated

Initial state

You are facing into a dimly lit living room at roughly 6:45 PM — warm overhead light is off, only a floor lamp in the far-left corner is on, casting long shadows across the carpet. A large sectional sofa dominates the center-right of view; a fleece blanket is half-draped off the left cushion and pooling on the floor. On the coffee table — a dark-stained wooden rectangle about 70 cm high — a family-size bag of tortilla chips has tipped over, and roughly 40–60 chips are scattered across the table surface and have cascaded onto the beige carpet below. A plastic salsa jar (lid still on, mostly full) is on its side next to the bag, resting against a TV remote. A half-drunk glass of lemonade sits near the table's far edge, visibly close to tipping. In the background, through a doorway at the back of the room, the sound of a microwave beeping is audible and a child can be heard humming — neither will enter the scene. The far right shows a tall bookshelf with its lowest shelf partially blocked by a backpack on the floor. A recycling bin is just barely visible around the corner to your left. Ambient: faint traffic noise, the hum of a nearby AC unit. Chips under the sofa are partially visible but mostly occluded by the sofa skirt.

Goal state

All visible tortilla chips are cleared from carpet and table surface. Chips are deposited into a container or bag suitable for disposal (the chip bag or recycling bin). The salsa jar is upright and stable on the table. The lemonade glass is moved to a safe non-tipping position. The blanket is folded or at minimum no longer pooling on the floor as a slip hazard. The coffee table surface is clear enough that coasters and remotes can sit flat. Under-sofa chips that cannot be reached without moving furniture are acknowledged as out-of-scope; visible ones near sofa edge are retrieved. No items are knocked over during the process.

Objects involved

Name	Descriptor	Role
tortilla chips	yellow, triangular, brittle, scattered loose across 0.5 sqm	target
chip bag	large family-size mylar bag, red and yellow branding, partially empty, soft and crinkled	tool
salsa jar	short wide glass jar, red contents visible, plastic lid screwed on, mostly full	target
lemonade glass	clear tall drinking glass, half full, slightly condensated exterior	target
coffee table	dark-stained rectangular wood, approximately 120x60 cm surface, 70 cm tall	obstacle
fleece blanket	grey-blue fleece, soft and deformable, pooled on carpet	obstacle
TV remote	black rectangular plastic, standard size, lying flat on table	distractor
recycling bin	blue plastic open-top bin, around the corner just out of initial frame	tool
backpack	dark navy, on floor in front of bookshelf in background	distractor
floor lamp	tall brushed-steel standing lamp, warm-toned bulb, far-left corner	distractor

Expected actions

1. Approach coffee table from the front, slowing to assess full scatter pattern of chips on table and carpet 8s
2. Pick up lemonade glass with right gripper and slide it toward the center of the table away from the edge, then release 12s
3. Pick up salsa jar with left gripper, rotate it upright, and place it next to the far edge of the table in a stable position 14s
4. Pick up chip bag with right gripper, open the bag mouth wide by pulling the top edges apart with both grippers, and hold it open as a collection vessel 18s
5. Lower left gripper to table surface, slide chips into chip bag in two to three sweeping pushes across the table 30s
6. Set chip bag down on table temporarily with open end up, transition to carpet chip retrieval 8s
7. Navigate around left side of coffee table to access carpet chips closest to table base, pick up clusters of chips with left gripper by scooping two to four at a time 40s
8. Transfer carpet chip clusters into open chip bag, repeating until table-adjacent carpet is cleared 35s
9. Turn toward sofa, approach the sofa skirt edge, lower camera angle by crouching chassis if possible to identify chips near sofa edge on carpet 12s
10. Pick up individually visible chips at sofa edge — those within gripper reach — and deposit them into chip bag 30s
11. Navigate around sofa left flank to access chips that rolled behind the blanket pool on the floor 15s
12. Pick up the pooled fleece blanket with both grippers, fold it in half once lengthwise, then fold again to create a rough rectangle 35s
13. Place folded blanket on left sofa cushion on top of the seating surface 10s
14. Retrieve any chips that were under or adjacent to the blanket, deposit them into chip bag 20s
15. Twist chip bag closed at the top by rotating both grippers in opposite directions, then carry bag to recycling bin around the corner and set it inside 25s
16. Navigate back to coffee table, do a final left-to-right visual sweep of table surface and surrounding carpet to confirm clearance 10s
17. Pick up TV remote that may have shifted during salsa jar handling and place it parallel to table edge in a natural position 8s

Narration script

00:00 I am looking into a dim living room lit only by the floor lamp on the left. Chips are scattered across the coffee table and the carpet below it. The lemonade glass near the far table edge looks close to tipping — I will stabilize that first.

00:08 I approach the coffee table slowly, scanning the full scatter pattern. I count roughly three dense chip clusters on the table and two spread zones on the carpet. The salsa jar is on its side but the lid is on — no spill.

00:16 I pick up the lemonade glass with my right gripper and slide it toward the center of the table. It is now stable and away from the edge.

00:28 I pick up the salsa jar with my left gripper, rotate it upright, and place it near the far table edge. The jar is full and heavy — I hold it firmly before releasing.

00:42 I pick up the chip bag. The bag is large and partially empty — it is soft and slightly crinkled. I pull the top edges apart with both grippers to open the mouth wide as a collection vessel.

01:00 I lower my left gripper flat against the table surface and push the first cluster of chips toward the open bag mouth. The chips are brittle and some break — fragments and whole chips go in together. I sweep a second and third pass across the table surface.

01:30 Table surface is mostly clear. I set the chip bag down with the open end up. I navigate left around the coffee table to reach the carpet chips.

01:38 I lower my left gripper to the carpet and scoop a cluster of three to four chips. The beige carpet makes some chips hard to distinguish visually. I rely on texture contrast at the edges. I deposit the cluster into the bag.

02:13 Most of the visible carpet chips near the table base are cleared. I turn toward the sofa. I can see two or three chips at the sofa skirt edge — they are just within gripper reach. I pick them up individually and add them to the bag.

02:43 I navigate around the left side of the sofa. The fleece blanket is pooling on the floor — it is covering at least one chip I spotted earlier. I need to move the blanket first.

02:58 I pick up the blanket with both grippers. It is soft and floppy and tends to droop. I fold it in half lengthwise by bringing the two short edges together, then fold again. The result is a rough rectangle. I place it on the left cushion of the sofa.

03:33 Two chips were under the blanket. I pick them up and deposit them into the bag. I also grab one chip fragment I did not see before — it was partially under the blanket edge.

03:53 I twist the chip bag closed at the top, rotating both grippers inward until the bag seals. I carry the bag around the corner toward the recycling bin I saw at scene start.

04:10 I set the chip bag inside the recycling bin. It lands slightly sideways but is fully inside and stable.

04:18 I navigate back to the coffee table for a final sweep. I scan left to right across the table surface — salsa jar upright, lemonade glass centered, remote slightly angled. I pick up the remote and place it parallel to the table edge.

04:26 I scan the visible carpet one more time. Two very small chip fragments remain near the sofa base — too small for reliable gripper contact. I note chips under the sofa skirt are out of reach without moving furniture. The scene is clear to guest-ready standard.

04:36 Task complete. All large chip pieces cleared from table and carpet. Salsa jar upright. Lemonade glass safe. Blanket folded on sofa. Remote repositioned. Chip waste in recycling bin.

Edge cases

The lemonade glass is knocked over during chip sweeping because the gripper catches it on the backstroke — operator must immediately pause chip task, pick up glass, assess whether spill occurred on carpet or table, and if so add spot-wiping to the task queue before continuing.
The salsa jar lid is actually slightly loose from a previous use and tilts when uprighted, making the jar wobble and threatening to tip — operator must use both grippers to stabilize and test before releasing.
Several chips have slid under the sofa skirt beyond gripper reach. The operator must decide whether to attempt repositioning the sofa slightly (high effort, risk of scratching floor) or to mark those chips as out-of-scope and accept partial completion — a deliberate no-perfect-answer tradeoff that tests planning judgment.
The blanket, when lifted, reveals a children's small stuffed animal that had been lost under it — not part of the original task but now visible on the floor as a potential tripping hazard; operator must decide whether to pick it up and place it somewhere appropriate.
The recycling bin around the corner turns out to already be full and overflowing, so setting the chip bag inside without it falling requires careful balancing or choosing the alternate disposal option of placing the bag on the kitchen counter for later.

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