China-made robot dogs had their day at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 expo in Delhi, but then they vanished. One of these robot dogs even made its way to a now-deleted video Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw posted promoting the summit. VideograbMany would recognise this dog from the previous season of the Indian Premier League, when it was a regular at the stadiums and in social media videos. “In the ongoing AI summit, Chinese robots are being displayed as our own. Photo: Debayan DuttaThe India AI Impact summit at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, which runs until Saturday, has been billed as the first major AI gathering hosted in the Global South.
