By abcnews
Publication Date: 2026-02-18 22:29:00
An Indian professor has sparked ridicule after falsely claiming that a Chinese-made robot dog on display at a major AI summit in New Delhi was developed by her university.
According to two government officials, Galgotias University was ordered to withdraw its position at the summit, a day after the university’s communications professor Neha Singh told state broadcaster DD News that the robot dog Orion had been developed by the university’s Center of Excellence.
However, netizens quickly identified the robot as Unitree Go2, sold by China’s Unitree Robotics at a starting price of just US$1,600 ($2,271) and widely used in research and education.
Responding to the online uproar, Galgotias said that while the company did not build the machine, “we are building minds that will soon design, engineer and manufacture such technologies.”
The Go2 dog robot from Chinese company Unitree Robotics is widely used in education and research. (Supplied: Unitree Robotics)
“You have to meet Orion,” Neha…