Galgotias under fire for displaying Chinese robodog as own at AI Summit, clarifies

Galgotias University has addressed online criticism over claims of developing and showcasing a Chinese-made robotic dog as its own at the India AI Impact Summit in Delhi, clarifying it never claimed to have developed the technology.

Galgotias University, which is facing an online uproar over claims that the institution had developed and showcased a Chinese-made robotic dog as its own at the India AI Impact Summit in Delhi, has clarified it never claimed to have built the device. The Greater Noida-based university said the robodog on display was procured from Unitree, a Chinese robotics firm, and was being used as a learning tool for students.

The clarification followed a wave of social media backlash after a viral video surfaced claiming that the university had showcased the Unitree Go2 — an AI-powered Chinese robodog sold online for around Rs 2–3 lakh — under the name “Orion” at the summit. Several users accused the institution of passing off imported technology as an indigenously developed product.

This has been developed by the Centre of excellence at Galgotiyas University.“Also we are the first private university that has invested around 350 crores in Artificial Intelligence”. https://t.co/NJfDzL7lG2 pic.twitter.com/TMqfSB6K0v— Harsh Kumar (@itsmeharsh_09) February 17, 2026

In a statement posted on X, the university said innovation and learning should not be confined by borders and that it would continue to source the best technologies from around the world to give students hands-on exposure.

“The recently acquired robodog from Unitree is one such step in that journey. It is not merely a machine on display; it is a classroom in motion. Our students are experimenting with it, testing its limits and, in the process, expanding their own knowledge. Let us be clear: Galgotias has not built this robodog, nor have we ever claimed to,” it said.

The controversy was triggered by the viral video in which a woman claimed that Galgotias’s Centre of Excellence had developed “Orion” while explaining the features of the robotic dog during a media interaction at the AI summit. Critics seized on the clip to allege that the university had misrepresented imported technology as a homegrown innovation.