the robot was displayed and was referred to as "Orion".
Galgotias University students and staff were told to leave the India AI Summit in Delhi after falsely presenting a Chinese-made robotic dog as its own creation.
Electrical power to the Galgotias University stall was cut before representatives left.
The robodog is the Unitree Go2, a commercially available model from the Chinese robotics company Unitree that is sold online in India.
At the event, the robot was displayed and was referred to as “Orion”.
In a viral clip, Professor Neha Singh introduced the device as ‘Orion’ and claimed it was developed by the Centre of Excellence at Galgotias University.
Galgotias University bought a ?2.5 lakh Chinese dog robot off the shelf, slapped ‘ORION’ on it like it’s their genius invention, paraded it at Delhi AI Summit as part of their ‘?350 crore AI ecosystem’ ?
This level of shameless LARPing is actually painful to watch. pic.twitter.com/JC93KtESim
— Tejasswi Prakash (@Tiju0Prakash) February 17, 2026
A separate clip showed a university professor making the same claim, telling a reporter that the robot had been built at the Centre of Excellence.
However, social media users quickly identified the machine as the imported Unitree Go2 and accused the university of passing off foreign technology as an Indian innovation.
Political leaders described the university’s actions as a “national embarrassment”.
Amid the backlash, Galgotias University took to X and insisted it never claimed to have built the device:
“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.”
“But what we are building are minds that will soon design, engineer, and manufacture such technologies right here in Bharat.”
A further statement from the university claimed the criticism was part of a “propaganda campaign” against it.
— Galgotias University (@GalgotiasGU) February 18, 2026
Galgotias University has since issued an apology, claiming the representative leading the presentation was “ill-informed”.
The statement read: “We at Galgotias University, wish to apologise profusely for the confusion created at the recent Al Summit.
“One of our representatives, manning the pavilion, was ill-informed.
“She was not aware of the technical origins of the product and in her enthusiasm of being on camera, gave factually incorrect information even though she was not authorised to speak to the press.”
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