The impact of robotics and technological revolution in the industrial sector has ignited the debate around the effects of the fourth industrial revolution: a phenomenon that finds representation in hyper-automation and hyper-connectivity based on artificial intelligence (AI), big data, robotics, Internet of things (IoT), on the fully automated and interconnected factory. The growing presence of robots in manufacturing production, are key elements of Industry 4.0, has helped to generate attention and fascination around the digital changes that are taking place in the production and processing dedicated to surface finishing. Increased interest, and also in dystopian perspectives, is the collective imagination built around the presence of robots in daily production. To clarify, in this article, Arcos provides a useful overview to understand the impact of robotics in the automated finishing sector.