Galgotias University has apologised after a robot dog showcased at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 was wrongly presented as an in-house innovation, but later identified as a Chinese Unitree model. It blamed an “ill-informed” Professor Neha Singh for the controversy.

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Galgotias University issued an apology citing “confusion” following a controversy linked to an AI summit. The development comes amid growing attention around the incident and the university’s response.


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In the aftermath, the faculty member who had originally claimed the robot was a Galgotias innovation, identified as Professor Neha from the School of Management, attempted to clarify her stance. 

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Galgotias University faces backlash after a commercial Unitree Go2 robodog was presented as indigenous innovation by a “professor” named Neha Singh at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in Delhi. Who is Neha Singh? What is her academic credibility?

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