A whipstock system comprising: a whipstock body; a control unit mounted on or in the whipstock body, the control unit comprising transmitters and receivers operable to receive commands from an external source, wherein the control unit comprises: i) one or more processors, and ii) a computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising receiving, from the external source, instructions to perform whipstock operations within the wellbore, and transmitting, to a hydraulic system, at least a portion of the instructions; activatable components including an upper or lower slips assembly (206, 208, 400) mounted on or in the whipstock body, and the hydraulic system in the whipstock body, the hydraulic system in communication with the control unit, the hydraulic system including at last one hydraulic power unit (310, 312, 314, 401) operable to repeatedly activate and de-activate the activatable components, wherein the hydraulic system comprises i) a reservoir and an expansion chamber in the whipstock body,and ii) a pump in the whipstock body in fluid communication with the reservoir and the expansion chamber, wherein the pump is hydraulically connected to the upper or lower slips assembly, wherein transfer of fluid from the reservoir to the expansion chamber activates the activatable components. a whipstock body; a control unit mounted on or in the whipstock body, the control unit comprising transmitters and receivers operable to receive commands from an external source, wherein the control unit comprises: i) one or more processors, and ii) a computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising receiving, from the external source, instructions to perform whipstock operations within the wellbore, and transmitting, to a hydraulic system, at least a portion of the instructions; i) one or more processors, and ii) a computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising receiving, from the external source, instructions to perform whipstock operations within the wellbore, and transmitting, to a hydraulic system, at least a portion of the instructions; receiving, from the external source, instructions to perform whipstock operations within the wellbore, and transmitting, to a hydraulic system, at least a portion of the instructions; activatable components including an upper or lower slips assembly (206, 208, 400) mounted on or in the whipstock body, and the hydraulic system in the whipstock body, the hydraulic system in communication with the control unit, the hydraulic system including at last one hydraulic power unit (310, 312, 314, 401) operable to repeatedly activate and de-activate the activatable components, wherein the hydraulic system comprises i) a reservoir and an expansion chamber in the whipstock body,and ii) a pump in the whipstock body in fluid communication with the reservoir and the expansion chamber, wherein the pump is hydraulically connected to the upper or lower slips assembly, i) a reservoir and an expansion chamber in the whipstock body,and ii) a pump in the whipstock body in fluid communication with the reservoir and the expansion chamber, wherein the pump is hydraulically connected to the upper or lower slips assembly, wherein transfer of fluid from the reservoir to the expansion chamber activates the activatable components.