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-Galgotias University was asked to vacate its stall at the summit as India’s IT Secretary S. Krishnan said there needs to be adherence to some code so that inauthentic behaviour is not promoted
AChinese-made robotic dog has grabbed attention and headlines that led to Galgotias University being asked to vacate its stall at the ongoing India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Wednesday.
“We don’t want unnecessary controversy that threatens to overshadow the good work other exhibitors are doing,” India’s IT Secretary S. Krishnan told a press conference. “There needs to be adherence to some code so that inauthentic behaviour is not promoted.”
The presence of ‘Orion’, a Chinese-made robotic dog, raised a storm after Galgotias University of Greater Noida in the National Capital Region, showcased it as a product developed by its Centre of Excellence. Unitree Go2, the robot which is a commercial model from Unitree, a Chinese robotics company, is sold online in India.
A video of the robotic dog went viral and many identified it as a Chinese product. Even India’s state-owned Doordarshan TV network featured it, but later pulled the online clips. The India AI Impact Summit organisers then asked the university to wind up its stall at the event.
The university later said that it had not built the robodog. It has often brought cutting-edge technologies from the US and China to enlighten its students, it said.
“The recently acquired Robodog from Unitree," according to Galgotias University, "is one such step in that journey,” the university said in a statement. “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, neither have we claimed. But what we are building are minds that will soon design, engineer, and manufacture such technologies right here in Bharat (India).”
Prof Neha Singh of the university, who was featured in the original video, told the media that she had not projected the robodog as its creation. “We have never claimed that it is ours, Indian, or Galgotian,” she remarked.
“Its main branding is still on it. The robot that had come for a particular task has gone there for the children's study, for the children's research and development. Our centre, our campus it has gone into the children's lab. It was here for two days for projection; the projection has been completed," Singh added.
According to her, there was one ‘misinterpretation’, which has taken the internet by storm. “It might be that I could not convey well what I wanted to say, or it was misunderstood. I am a faculty member in communications at the School of Management, not in AI,” she told the media.
The opposition Congress party ridiculed the BJP-led government for making India “a laughing stock globally.” Rahul Gandhi, its leader, said that instead of leveraging India’s talent, the AI summit “is a disorganised PR spectacle,” with “Indian data up for sale, and Chinese products showcased.”
-Galgotias University was asked to vacate its stall at the summit as India’s IT Secretary S. Krishnan said there needs to be adherence to some code so that inauthentic behaviour is not promoted
AChinese-made robotic dog has grabbed attention and headlines that led to Galgotias University being asked to vacate its stall at the ongoing India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Wednesday.
“We don’t want unnecessary controversy that threatens to overshadow the good work other exhibitors are doing,” India’s IT Secretary S. Krishnan told a press conference. “There needs to be adherence to some code so that inauthentic behaviour is not promoted.”
The presence of ‘Orion’, a Chinese-made robotic dog, raised a storm after Galgotias University of Greater Noida in the National Capital Region, showcased it as a product developed by its Centre of Excellence. Unitree Go2, the robot which is a commercial model from Unitree, a Chinese robotics company, is sold online in India.
A video of the robotic dog went viral and many identified it as a Chinese product. Even India’s state-owned Doordarshan TV network featured it, but later pulled the online clips. The India AI Impact Summit organisers then asked the university to wind up its stall at the event.
The university later said that it had not built the robodog. It has often brought cutting-edge technologies from the US and China to enlighten its students, it said.
“The recently acquired Robodog from Unitree," according to Galgotias University, "is one such step in that journey,” the university said in a statement. “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, neither have we claimed. But what we are building are minds that will soon design, engineer, and manufacture such technologies right here in Bharat (India).”
Prof Neha Singh of the university, who was featured in the original video, told the media that she had not projected the robodog as its creation. “We have never claimed that it is ours, Indian, or Galgotian,” she remarked.
“Its main branding is still on it. The robot that had come for a particular task has gone there for the children's study, for the children's research and development. Our centre, our campus it has gone into the children's lab. It was here for two days for projection; the projection has been completed," Singh added.
According to her, there was one ‘misinterpretation’, which has taken the internet by storm. “It might be that I could not convey well what I wanted to say, or it was misunderstood. I am a faculty member in communications at the School of Management, not in AI,” she told the media.
The opposition Congress party ridiculed the BJP-led government for making India “a laughing stock globally.” Rahul Gandhi, its leader, said that instead of leveraging India’s talent, the AI summit “is a disorganised PR spectacle,” with “Indian data up for sale, and Chinese products showcased.”
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