Adept Technology Appoints Steven Moore as Vice President of Finance and CFO; Appointment Allows Adept to Cope With Growth


LIVERMORE, Calif.--June 13, 2006--Adept Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADEP), a leading provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, today announced that Steven Moore has joined the Adept executive management team as vice president of finance and chief financial officer. The appointment of Mr. Moore is intended to allow Adept to better cope with systems and processes needed to manage expanding demand for products and services.

Steven Moore joins Adept with over 20 years of experience building and leading worldwide corporate finance organizations in high-growth, public companies and Fortune 500 companies.

"Steve's appointment is a prerequisite for maintaining continuous revenue and profit improvement," said Rob Bucher, chief executive officer for Adept Technology, Inc. "Steve, along with the other members of the executive team, will lead our efforts to consider strategic acquisition and investment opportunities, support growth in new international markets, while at the same time, make efficiency improvements to our worldwide infrastructure to include compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley. I am confident that Steve's leadership will be key to our attainment of Adept's objectives in the coming quarters."

Most recently, Mr. Moore held the position of chief financial officer at SCM Microsystems, Inc., a publicly-traded security/access control products company located in Fremont, California, and Ismaning, Germany. Previously, he was vice president of finance at Virata Corporation, a $126 million publicly-traded semiconductor company in Santa Clara, California. Prior to Virata, he was vice president and chief financial officer at Health Systems Design Corporation in Oakland, California, a publicly-traded managed care information systems software company.

Reporting to Mr. Bucher, Mr. Moore oversees the global financial activities of Adept Technology as well as investor relations and corporate communications. Mr. Moore replaces Robert Strickland, who has resigned his position at Adept to pursue other interests. Mr. Strickland contributed in many ways to Adept, including the company's relisting on NASDAQ in November of 2005, assisting the company to return to profitability in 2005, and the recently announced Crosslink Capital investment.

About Adept Technology, Inc.

Adept Technology, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets robotic systems, motion control and machine vision technology for global markets including automotive, consumer electronics, consumer goods, disk drive, food, industrial tooling, medical devices, and pharmaceutical. Adept robots, controllers, and software are used for small parts assembly, material handling and packaging. Adept intelligent automation product lines include industrial robots, configurable linear modules, machine controllers for robot mechanisms and other flexible automation equipment, machine vision, and systems and applications software. Founded in 1983, Adept Technology is the largest U.S.-based manufacturer of industrial robots. More information is available at www.adept.com.

CONTACT: Adept Technology, Inc.
Steven Moore, 925-245-3413
fax: 925-245-3510

SOURCE: Adept Technology, Inc.

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