PRASIC 2018, 8 – 9 November 2018The 10th edition of the PRASIC Conference was hosted in Brasov on 8-9 November 2018.The PRASIC‘18 Conference is dedicated to scientific research in the field of mechanics, machine elements, industrial robots, advanced mechanics and mechatronic systems, tribology, and also in education, innovation and technology transfer, industrial management, mechanics and machine history.The beginning was in 1982 under the name of PRASIC (Computer Aided Design), at the initiative of Professor Ioan Drăghici. At the beginning only the scientific researches related to Mechanisms and Machine Elements were treated, from 1996 Robotics was added, and then other scientific concerns related to them.In 2006, it was the last edition having as sections mechanisms, Machine Elements and Robotics. In 2016 PRASIC was renamed, being Product Design, Robotics, Advanced Mechanics & Mechatronic Systems, and Innovation Conference, keeping the brand PRASIC, well known in Romania and also outside, having an important history, and also keeping a high quality standard for scientific papers.At the 2018 edition, 48 papers were selected on 9 sections, with the participation of colleagues from university centers such as: Politehnica University of Bucharest, Gh. Asachi Iasi University, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, University Constantin Brancusi Tg. Jiu, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Politehnica University of Timisoara, University of Craiova, Petroleum and Gas University of Ploiesti, Technical University of Moldova Chisinau.The scientific opening of the Conference was provided by Professor Alberto Canen of Coppe University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Professor Valeriu Dulgheru of the Technical University of Moldova. Conference papers were submitted for publication at the IOP Publishing Conference Series - Materials Science and Engineering.Organizing Committee,Professor Dan SĂVESCU