So my curiosity go the better of me and I looked it up on the TVtropes recap pageSpoiler: Vol 7 Episode 1
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Yeah.
Penny's core was salvaged and she was rebuilt.
They explicitly point out that no matter how badly she gets damaged she can be brought back as long as her core is intact.
Or, in other words, the sapient robot explicitly and demonstrably has a soul who was built as part of a program to cut down on human casualties isn't just creating sapient life to throw it away.
Which means y'all needs to pick up some phones becuase I called it.