Sirian society is renowned for its relatively tolerant attitudes towards robots.
In no other society is the appreciation for the possibilities of automated labour and artificial intelligence so widespread. The application of robot labour in factories is their principal contribution. Sirian workers enjoy an 8 hour working day in relative wealth, while labour productivity per man-hour is high. What tends to obscure this remarkable feat is the inclusion of robots as labour units and the relatively large managerial component.

Nowhere is the relationship between robot and humans closer than in the home.
The Dombot is the focal point of family life, not only tidying up, cooking and doing the shopping, but also providing education and comic relief to the children, keeping the family's diaries and photo albums and organising excursions. Unlike the sturdy worker robots, the dombot is generally a crude android. Dependent on household composition it is equipped with educational, domestic or social pods. The purchase of new pods is one of the main consumer markets in the SSR.

The Sirian Cybernetics Corporation (SSC) has established a standard of reality in their designs that surpasses those of all competition and new models are released on a regular basis. The commercial models are already pretty hard to distinguish from humans. Some of the best have even risen to distinguished careers in sports, arts and science. Another important product are advanced pleasure androids, which have taken the place of prostitutes.
Their export, especially to mining communities and patriarchal societies, has become a major source of foreign currency for the SSR.

Robots are also widely used in the armed forces. Although robots have become closely integrated into the Sirian Revolutionary Armed Forces and have received names and honorary rankings, doctrine is still based on their primary role of protection of Sirian lives (by doing the dangerous jobs).

The Sirians tend to have a more relaxed attitude towards Artificial Intelligence than elsewhere. This does not mean that the Sirians are naive "AI-Lovers" as is sometimes alleged. The Cinder Seat War (3045) against the LOGOS AI was an extremely nasty affair by any standard and had repercussions for AI research in the whole humiverse and the SSR in particular.
In the meantime research has regained pace, but is still far behind what would have been possible.
Sirian scientist work under the assumption that once the intelligence can be harnessed, it will mean another great leap forward in relieving the plight of the worker.