Adept Technology Previews New Pre-Aligner At SEMICON West 2001; AdeptAlign 650 Pre-Aligner Enables High Speed Wafer Orientation.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2001

Adept Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADTK), a leading manufacturer of flexible automation for the telecommunications, fiber optic and semiconductor industries, today announced the first public showing of the AdeptAlign 650 pre-aligner at the SEMICON West 2001 tradeshow (Adept booth No. 3306) in San Francisco, Calif., which runs July 16th-20th. The new atmospheric pre-aligner is designed for wafer handling front-end applications and enables high-speed wafer orientation.

"The AdeptAlign 650 extends our component product line and allows us to meet semiconductor market needs for wafer alignment," said Joe Campbell, vice president of marketing for Adept Technology. "Coupled with the AdeptVicron and AdeptSix robots we now have a complete wafer handling solution."

The AdeptAlign 650 is an atmospheric three-axis pre-aligner that automatically aligns and orients 150mm, 200mm, and 300mm wafers without a hardware change or user intervention in semiconductor applications.

Adept will be exhibiting at SEMICON West July 16th-20th in San Francisco, California where attendees can view the AdeptAlign 650 along with the Adept FFE (Flexible Front End) featuring the AdeptVicron 300 robot and the new Adept SMIF EZ load port. Adept's booth will be located in the Gateway Ballroom in the South Hall of the Moscone Center in booth No. 3306.

Adept Technology designs, manufactures and markets factory automation components and systems for the fiber optic, telecommunications, semiconductor, automotive, food and durable goods industries throughout the world. Adept's robots, controllers, and software products are used for small parts assembly, material handling and ultra precision process applications. Our intelligent automation product lines include industrial robots, configurable linear modules, flexible feeders, semiconductor process components, nanopositioners, machine controllers for robot mechanisms and other flexible automation equipment, machine vision, systems and software, application software, and simulation software. Founded in 1983, Adept is America's largest manufacturer of industrial robots. More information is available at www.adept.com.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The company's actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any of the above forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to: rapid technological change within the company's industry and the potential that our new or existing products may contain defects, errors or performance problems.

For a discussion of additional risk factors relating to Adept's business, see the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 and Adept's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2000, December 30, 2000 and March 31, 2001, including Management's discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained therein.

Note to Editors: The Adept logo is a registered trademark of Adept Technology, Inc. Adept, AdeptAlign, AdeptVicron, Adept SMIF EZ, Adept FFE and AdeptWindows are trademarks of Adept Technology. All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies.