Galgotias University, a private institution in Greater Noida, is facing significant backlash after a video from the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi showed a professor claiming a Chinese-made robot dog was developed in-house.
Neha Singh, a professor of communications at Galgotias, told state-run broadcaster DD News that the robot, which she named “Orion,” was “developed by the centres of excellence at the Galgotias University”.
Online users quickly identified the machine as the Go2 model manufactured by Chinese firm Unitree Robotics. The robot is a commercially available product that retails for approximately $1,600 to $2,800 (₹2–3 lakh).
India’s IT Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, initially shared a video of the robot as a sign of Indian innovation but deleted the post after the backlash. Government sources later reported that the university was ordered to vacate its stall and the power to their pavilion was cut off.
