Galgotias University Vacates AI Summit Stall After Chinese Robodog Fiasco

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Firstpost•18-02-2026, 14:33
Galgotias University Vacates AI Summit Stall After Chinese Robodog Fiasco
- •Galgotias University staff vacated their stall at the India AI Impact Summit expo following controversy over a Chinese-made robodog.
- •The university allegedly presented a commercially available Chinese robodog, Unitree Go2, as an indigenous innovation named "Orion."
- •A professor claimed "Orion" was developed at their Centre of Excellence under a Rs 350 crore AI initiative, which was later debunked by tech enthusiasts.
- •The government reportedly asked the university to clear its booth, and power supply to their pavilion was cut.
- •Further scrutiny arose over a "soccer drone" project, also claimed as indigenously developed but identified as a commercially available Skyball Striker V3 ARF.
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