After China-Made Robodog Row, Galgotias' 'Soccer Drone' Claim Draws Online Scrutiny

Last Updated:February 18, 2026, 13:03 IST

Galgotias University faces scrutiny for claiming that it built a soccer drone in-house, but evidence suggests it is a Striker V3 ARF from Korea, sparking debate online.

Galgotias University has faced fresh online scrutiny after claiming that staff and students at its Greater Noida campus built a soccer drone entirely in-house. The development comes on the same day the institution was asked to vacate the expo area of the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, following a separate controversy over the origin of robotic dogs it had showcased.

The latest debate centres on the university’s assertion that the soccer drone was developed through complete in-house engineering, from design to application. The institution had described the device as a product of its own end-to-end innovation ecosystem.

“So they basically, from the end-to-end engineering to the application, we have a simulation lab to an application arena, and that’s India’s first soccer arena on campus," a Galgotias employee can be heard saying in videos that surfaced online.

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