SIRI, the Italian Robotics and Automation Association, was founded in 1975 as a non-profit cultural association with the aim of standing forward as a round-table for people and organisations interested in the investigation and developement of topics related to robotics and its applications. 

Members of SIRI include research bodies, universities, manufacturers, integrators and importers operating in the robotics area. This enables the association to promote relations and exchanges of information and ideas among research, industry and users. 
SIRI works in close cooperation with the Edizioni Fiera Milano publishing house and with UCIMU - SISTEMI PER PRODURRE (Machinery Italian Builders Union), the organisation of Italian machine tools manufacturers. The links between SIRI and Dodici Edizioni are enabled through the journal M&A, that gives far-reaching publicity to all initiatives and to information coming in from affiliated members. UCIMU is the direct line with the world of industry and provides the tools for market surveys. 
The organisational structure of SIRI gives to distinguished members a broad base for participation through the Board of Directors, elected every two years by the Members' General Meeting and through the subdivision into several groups sharing identical interests (manufacturers, integrators, researchers, users, component providers and engineering companies). 
SIRI is a member of IFR (the International  Federation of Robotics ), the umbrella organisation for robotics associations in the most industrialised countries. Its affiliation to IFR provides SIRI with continuous and significant contacts with other countries, enabling them all to share the most relevant events and trends. 
Standing as a highly-qualified forum for suppliers, academic world and users of robotised systems, SIRI's aim is to promote and disseminate information and news through a number of activities: 
  the organisation and sponsorship of congresses, seminars, conferences and workshops with the aim of spreading information and developing the professional growth of people working in the field of robotics 
  the promotion of studies and surveys aimed at acquiring knowledge of the technical, social and economic problems involved in robotics and its applications 
  the collection and the processing of statistical data on the production  and consumption of robots in Italy,  with the cooperation of UCIMU 
  the promotion and sponsorship of educational courses for students and vocational training courses for people working in the area 
  the promotion and sponsorship of publications on robotics and its applications. 

Currently, SIRI has about 250 members, including manufacturers, user companies, research institutes, user companies and individuals.. 

Membership designations are as follows: 
  individual member 
  researcher member (University Faculties, Schools, Technical Institutes, Research Centres and so on) 
  collective user member ( companies, industrial organisations and so on) 
  collective manufacturer and/or integrator member (companies, robot manufacturers and so on) 
  system integrators