All automation requires some action.

Bump keys are a simple "automated" way to pick a lock: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_bumping

If you feel like tapping a bump key with a hammer is to much effort, you could attach the bump key to a vibrating toothbrush; aka a "SonicBump": https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rDlZbQ20aLI

Well, there are things like snapguns and lock bumping, which don't work like normal lock picking, but serve the same purpose.

Yes. More and more all the time too.