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Kamil Mamak is a legal and ethical scholar whose work sits at the compelling intersection of robotics, artificial intelligence, and criminal law. His research focuses primarily on the moral and legal status of robots, examining questions that are rapidly moving from science fiction into urgent policy debates: Should robots have rights? Can they be victims of violence? How should law protect — or regulate — human-robot relationships? Mamak's most influential contribution, "Whether to Save a Robot or a Human" (2021, 34 citations), tackles how robots might be situated within hierarchies of moral value, even if granted some form of moral standing. His equally provocative paper "Should Violence Against Robots be Banned?" (2022, 21 citations) pushes legal thinking beyond traditional property frameworks, while his book *Robotics, AI and Criminal Law* (2023) offers a systematic phenomenological treatment of how criminal law should evolve alongside intelligent machines. Across his body of work, Mamak consistently challenges readers to reconsider foundational legal categories — personhood, rights, protection — in light of increasingly anthropomorphic technology. With over 110 cumulative citations and growing international attention, he is emerging as a distinctive voice shaping how law and ethics will navigate humanity's robotic future.