Automated repair method and system

A method for automated repair of a component, comprising:

• digitalizing a first geometry of the component including a damaged portion of the component;
• machining a trough over the damaged portion of the component, the machining being numerically controlled using digitalized geometrical data of the first geometry of the component;
• digitalizing a second geometry of the component subsequent to the machining, the second geometry including the trough;
• depositing a material to fill the trough, the deposition of the material being numerically controlled using digitalized geometrical data of the second geometry of the component;
• digitalizing a third geometry of the component after the deposition;
• measuring an excess of the deposited material on the component using digitalized geometrical data of the third geometry of the component;
• and
• further machining of the component to remove the measured excess of the deposited material, the further machining being numerically controlled using the digitalized geometrical data of the third geometry,
• wherein numerically controlling the deposition includes determining a material deposition path in response to identifying a position of the trough on the component, based on a comparison of the digitalized geometrical data of the second geometry to stored reference geometry data of the component.