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.

Source: The Telegraph February 18, 2026 10:30 UTC