Galgotias University vacates AI Impact Summit stall after Chinese robodog fiasco | Watch

Staff and officials from Galgotias University vacated their stall at the India AI Impact Summit expo following the controversy over the display of a Chinese-made robodog that was allegedly presented as an indigenous innovation. According to sources cited by ANI, the government had asked the university to clear its booth at the expo in the wake of the row.

Earlier in the day, power supply to the university’s pavilion was reportedly cut. A security guard at the India AI Impact Summit expo venue told ANI, “My supervisor has said that Galgotias’ stall is being shut. The electricity department may have switched off the lights.”

#WATCH | Delhi | Galgotias University staff and officials vacate their stall at India AI Impact Summit expo, following row over display of Chinese-made robodog.

As per sources, the govt had asked Galgotias University to vacate the stall at the expo. pic.twitter.com/cqN5vBcgcN

— ANI (@ANI) February 18, 2026

More from India

Robodogs is our Word of the Week: The innovation that came to bite Indian university at AI summit Galgotias Uni presented a China-made robodog as its own at AI Impact Summit—until netizens fact-checked it

What landed Galgotias University in serious hot water?

A viral video doing the rounds on social media showed a professor from the university claiming that the robot, named “Orion,” was developed at their Centre of Excellence under a Rs 350 crore AI initiative. However, tech enthusiasts quickly identified the device as a Unitree Go2, a commercially available robot from China that anyone can purchase for approximately $2,800.

The situation escalated rapidly when the university’s attempts to clarify the matter backfired.

While the institution claimed they never meant to say they built the robot but were merely using it as a “classroom in motion” for student research, they were publicly fact-checked via X (formerly Twitter) community notes and viral footage that contradicted their statement.

Quick Reads

View All

West Asia crisis fuels energy worries for India, domestic inflows cushion growth: Jefferies

Su-30MKI fighter jet crash: Indian Air Force confirms death of both pilots after jet lost contact post takeoff

Other than the robodog, more scrutiny came over a “soccer drone” project showcased at the same 2026 AI Summit by Galgotias. A university representative was captured on video claiming that the drone had been developed “from scratch” on their campus and that the institution had built India’s first drone soccer arena. However, tech experts and social media users quickly pointed out that the drone appeared to be a Striker V3 ARF, a commercially available, semi-assembled model manufactured by a specialised company named Skyball.