A method for automated repair of a component, comprising: - digitalizing a first geometry of said component including a damaged portion of the component, - machining a trough over said damaged portion of said component, said machining being numerically controlled using digitalized geometrical data of said first geometry of the component, - digitalizing a second geometry of said component subsequent to said machining, said second geometry including said trough, - depositing a material to fill said trough, said deposition of the material being numerically controlled using digitalized geometrical data of said second geometry of said component - wherein numerically controlling said deposition includes determining a material deposition path in response to identifying a position of the trough on said component, based on a comparison of the digitalized geometrical data of said second geometry to stored reference geometry data of said component, - digitalizing a third geometry of said component after said deposition, - measuring an excess of the deposited material on said component using digitalized geometrical data of said third geometry of the component, - further machining of said component to remove said measured excess of the deposited material, said further machining being numerically controlled using the digitalized geometrical data of said third geometry, the method being characterized by further comprising: - coating the said component subsequent to said further machining, wherein said component comprises at least one opening provided by design, - identifying a position of the design opening on said component, based on a comparison of the digitalized geometrical data of the second geometry of said component to stored reference geometry data of the component, and - forming an opening on said component after said process of coating, at said identified positionof said design opening. - digitalizing a first geometry of said component including a damaged portion of the component, - machining a trough over said damaged portion of said component, said machining being numerically controlled using digitalized geometrical data of said first geometry of the component, - digitalizing a second geometry of said component subsequent to said machining, said second geometry including said trough, - depositing a material to fill said trough, said deposition of the material being numerically controlled using digitalized geometrical data of said second geometry of said component - wherein numerically controlling said deposition includes determining a material deposition path in response to identifying a position of the trough on said component, based on a comparison of the digitalized geometrical data of said second geometry to stored reference geometry data of said component, - digitalizing a third geometry of said component after said deposition, - measuring an excess of the deposited material on said component using digitalized geometrical data of said third geometry of the component, - further machining of said component to remove said measured excess of the deposited material, said further machining being numerically controlled using the digitalized geometrical data of said third geometry, the method being characterized by further comprising: - coating the said component subsequent to said further machining, wherein said component comprises at least one opening provided by design, - identifying a position of the design opening on said component, based on a comparison of the digitalized geometrical data of the second geometry of said component to stored reference geometry data of the component, and - forming an opening on said component after said process of coating, at said identified positionof said design opening.