The Organizing Committee has the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics, AQTR 2014 (THETA 19), which will be held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on May 22-24 2014. The conference follows the tradition of the 18 automation and testing-related scientific events, organized in Cluj-Napoca since 1981 under the name THETA/AQTR. AQTR 2014 is an international forum for researchers in the field of automation, quality, testing and robotics. It will bring together researchers, equipment manufacturers, software developers and end-users to discuss the current trends and future directions of control and testing technologies and their industrial and social applications in the private and the public sectors. Active participation of students and graduate students is strongly encouraged. Selected papers will be submitted to the IEEE Xplore database and ISI, for indexing. Cluj-Napoca, with rich historical and cultural heritage, is an intellectual centre with an active society, renowned universities, museums, theatres and eye-catching architecture. Due to its location on important trade routes, which is attracting new businesses and investment, Cluj-Napoca is an important academic, industrial and commercial center. It is a dynamic multicultural and diverse city with a population of around 350000 inhabitants and 120000 students. The city will be the 2015 European Youth Capital.