Exhibit 99.1

Adept Technology Board of Directors Confirms Additional Officer Appointments and
Sets the Date of the Annual Shareholders Meeting

     LIVERMORE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2004--

       Appointments Complete Adept's List of Corporate Officers and Affirm
            Commitment to Financial Performance and Customer Results

     Adept Technology, Inc. (OTCBB:ADTK), a leading manufacturer of flexible
automation for the automotive, electronics, telecommunications, medical device
and life sciences, semiconductor, and fiber optic industries, today announced
that its board of directors has confirmed the appointments of the following as
officers of the corporation.

John Dulchinos      Vice President, Robotics
Lee Blake           Vice President, Service Operations
Gordon Deans        Vice President, Business Development / General
                     Manager, Adept Canada
Michael Overby      Vice President, Finance / Chief Accounting Officer
Joachim Melis       Vice President, Europe

     "With our transformation complete, a new management team in place, a clear
focus on robotics and software, and a defined strategy of systems and service,
we believe Adept is well positioned for significant growth and the capacity to
be profitably independent of industry's cycles," said Rob Bucher, chairman and
chief executive officer for Adept Technology, Inc. In addition to Rob Bucher,
other Adept officers are Robert Strickland, vice president finance and chief
financial officer, and Matt Murphy, vice president of operations and product
development.
     Separately, the board of directors set the meeting date for the Annual
Shareholders Meeting for November 4, 2004 at 8:00 AM. The meeting will be held
at the corporate office located at 3011 Triad Drive, Livermore, CA. Under Rule
14a-8 of Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, any shareholder intending to submit
to Adept a proposal that qualifies for inclusion in Adept's proxy statement and
proxy relating to the November 4, 2004 Annual Meeting of Shareholders must
submit such proposal in writing to the secretary of Adept so that it is received
by Adept no later than August 23, 2004.

     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. Adept's 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 Technology is America's largest manufacturer of
industrial robots. More information is available at www.adept.com.

     This press release contains certain forward-looking statements including
statements regarding revenue and future results 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, its customers ability to pay invoices in
a timely manner and lack of unexpected cash obligations, the risk that some of
its customers may become insolvent, future economic, competitive and market
conditions including those in Europe and Asia and those related to the company's
strategic markets; the company's continuing operating losses causing the company
to need to raise additional financing in the future and the effect of the
financing on current stockholders; the cyclicality of capital spending of the
company's customers, including in the semiconductor industry and lack of
long-term customer contracts; the company's dependence on the continued growth
of the intelligent automation market; the company's highly competitive industry;
rapid technological change within the intelligent automation industry; the
lengthy sales cycles for the company's products; the company's significant fixed
costs which are not easily reduced; the risks associated with sole or single
sources of supply and lengthy procurement lead times; the risks associated with
acquisitions, including integration risks associated with our previous
acquisitions; the risks associated with product defects; the potential delays
associated with the development and introduction of new products or software
releases; or decreased acceptance of the company's new or current products in
the marketplace.

     For a discussion of additional risk factors relating to Adept's business,
see Adept's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003,
as amended, and its quarterly reports on Forms 10-Q for the fiscal quarters
ended September 27, 2003, December 27, 2003 and March 27, 2004 including the
discussion in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations contained therein.

     The Adept logo is a registered trademark of Adept Technology, Inc. Adept is
a trademark of Adept Technology. All other trademarks are owned by their
respective companies.

    CONTACT: Adept Technology, Inc.
             Robert Strickland, 925-245-3406
             investor.relations@adept.com