Harsh Goenka trolls Galgotias University again, says it should 'showcase' China's new all-terrain robodog capable of climbing rocky slopes, racing across difficult ground

Industrialist Harsh Goenka is back with another jibe at Galgotias University, and this time the trigger is a slick new robot from Chinese robotics firm Unitree. Goenka took to X to share a video of Unitree's latest creation, a robot dog that combines wheels with legs, letting it zip across flat roads at speed while still being able to scale cliffs and power through rough, uneven terrain. In his post, the RPG Enterprises chairman described the machine as an "all-terrain" marvel capable of climbing rocky slopes, racing across difficult ground, and even doubling up as a travel companion for its owner.

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But it was the punchline that got the internet's attention. Goenka sarcastically added that it wouldn't be long before Galgotia University showcased this very invention as a creation of its own, a clear callback to the embarrassment the institution faced earlier this year.

The Robodog Row That Wouldn't Die

For those who missed it, the reference goes back to the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, where Galgotias University found itself at the centre of a full-blown controversy. A university professor introduced a four-legged robot named "Orion" to the media, describing it as a product developed in-house at the university's Centre of Excellence.

It didn't take the internet long to spot the truth: the robot was, in fact, a Unitree Go2, a commercially available robot dog manufactured in China and sold for a few lakh rupees, used widely by research labs, hobbyists and colleges around the world. The revelation triggered a wave of ridicule online, prompted questions in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, and reportedly led authorities to ask the university to vacate its stall at the summit venue.

The university later clarified that it had never claimed to have manufactured the robot and that the machine was being used purely as a teaching tool. It also became known that another exhibit at the same stall, a football-playing drone, was similarly an off-the-shelf commercial product rather than an original creation, deepening the embarrassment.

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Harsh Goenka had been among the sharpest critics at the time, also digging up an old, widely mocked research paper by university faculty that had claimed vibrations from banging a thali and ringing bells could kill the coronavirus.

How Unitree's New Robot Dog is Different

The robot dog referenced in Goenka's latest post appears to be Unitree's wheeled evolution of its popular quadruped line, which bolts motorised wheels onto the robot's legs. The design lets the machine glide smoothly across flat surfaces at speed, while retaining the ability to lift onto its legs to climb stairs, scramble over rocks, and handle rough or uneven ground, essentially combining the efficiency of wheels with the versatility of legs. Unitree has positioned such robots for uses ranging from inspection and delivery work to companionship and research applications.

Internet Reacts

Goenka's post has once again set off a round of memes and jokes online, with users joining in to speculate about which Indian institution might be "inspired" by the innovation next. The remark taps into a broader, recurring conversation on Indian social media about the gap between genuine indigenous innovation and the temptation among some institutions to rebrand imported technology as homegrown breakthroughs, a conversation that Galgotias University's Robodog episode had already placed firmly in the spotlight earlier this year.