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Carlos Calleja is a leading voice in the emerging field of robot governance, where his work directly confronts the critical lag between rapid technological innovation and the slow pace of regulatory frameworks. His research focuses on developing adaptive legal and ethical structures for robotics, with a particular emphasis on wearable and personal care robots. Calleja’s major contributions include proposing an iterative regulatory process designed to keep pace with technological change—a framework detailed in his most-cited work, “An iterative regulatory process for robot governance” (12 citations). He has also conducted a systematic analysis of ISO 13482:2014, identifying critical gaps in safety standards for robotic exoskeletons and advocating for the integration of ethical and social considerations into technical regulations (11 citations). In a notable 2022 paper, Calleja explored how robot experimentation itself can be harnessed to optimize regulatory design, equipping policymakers with the technical insights needed to govern emerging technologies effectively. With a growing citation footprint, Calleja is establishing himself as a key architect of the legal and ethical guardrails that will shape the future of human-robot interaction.