1. An apparatus comprising: a household appliance configured to contact a physical object; a camera for acquiring one or more images of the physical object; and a processor configured to: receive the one or more images; identify the object from the one or more images; retrieve one or more operational parameters associated with the identified object; and cause the household appliance to physically operate on the physical object while the physical object and appliance are in contact; wherein the appliance operates on the physical object in accordance with the one or more operational parameters associated with the object; wherein the household appliance alters a physical property of the physical object.