Automation is the use of machines, control systems and information technologies to improve productivity in the production of goods and the provision of services. The appropriate rationale for automation is to increase productivity and quality beyond current levels of human labour to achieve economies of scale and achieve predictable levels of quality. Improper application of automation, which arises more frequently, is a tendency to eliminate or replace human labour. Simply because, the correct application of automation can network up to 3 to 4 times the original production without increase in the current costs of human labour, whereas the incorrect application of automation can only save a fraction of the current level costs Of labour. In the industrialization room, automation is a phase beyond mechanization, as the latter provides human operators with machinery to assist them with the muscular demands of work, while automation greatly reduces the need for sensory needs And mental, speed and repeatability. Automation is becoming an increasingly important aspect of the global economy and everyday experience.

Automation has had a noticeable impact on a wide range of industries beyond manufacturing. Automated telephone switchboards and answering machines have now replaced once ubiquitous telephone operators. Medical practices, for example, primary detection on electrocardiography or x-ray and laboratory analysis of human, serum, cell, and tissue genes are processed at much higher speed and accuracy through automated systems. ATMs have reduced the need for people to place themselves in the banks for cash or transactions. In general, automation has been responsible for the shift in the world economy from industrial jobs to service jobs in the 20th and 21st centuries.

In recent years, the construction industry has experienced the effects of an aging workforce, including a chronic shortage of skilled construction workers. This has resulted in a deterioration of efficiency and quality of work. One method to overcome this problem that has been strongly urged has been the automation and robotization of the construction operation. One of the areas where this has been attempted is in the work of painting.