Exhibit 99.1



          Adept Announces $10 Million Common Stock Financing


    LIVERMORE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2006--Adept
Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADEP) today announced that it has entered
into an agreement to sell $10,000,000 of its common stock to Crosslink
Capital at a price of $13.6752 per share representing approximately
11% of the company's outstanding shares pre-financing. No convertible
securities will be issued by Adept Technology in connection with this
transaction. Upon the closing of the financing, Charles Finnie,
general partner at Crosslink, will join the company's board of
directors. While Crosslink's due diligence has been completed, closing
is subject to customary conditions and is expected to occur by the end
of June. Proceeds of the financing will be used to fund Adept
Technology's growth initiatives, including expansion of its customer
base.
    "We are pleased that Crosslink has chosen Adept as one of its
investment partners and welcome them as shareholders as we expand our
current shareholder base," said Michael Kelly, Chairman of the Board
of Adept. Crosslink Capital, a San Francisco-based venture capital
firm, invests in technology software and services companies. "During
this financing process, Charles Finnie and Crosslink have demonstrated
a real knowledge of our business, including validating the business
model of growth with sustainable profit," says Robert Bucher, CEO of
Adept.
    Charles Finnie of Crosslink commented, "We believe Adept
Technology is the preeminent software and services company in a large
and growing industry, intelligent robotics. Rob Bucher and his team
have positioned the Company for strong growth over the next several
years."

    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.

    For further information about Crosslink Capital, visit
www.crosslinkcapital.com.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements
including statements regarding growth, revenues, cash, margins,
expenses and products 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, the company's
limited cash resources, its customers' ability to pay invoices in a
timely manner; 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; risks of acceptance of the company's new or current
products in the marketplace; the financial and operating risks and
regulatory requirements associated with the company's international
operations; the cyclicality of capital spending of the company's
customers 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 the seasonality of the company's products; the risks
associated with product defects; the potential delays associated with
the development and introduction of new products or software releases;
the company's ability to sell its products through systems integrators
and original equipment manufacturers who may also promote competing
products; or risks associated with variations in our gross margins
based on factors which are not always in our control.
    For a discussion of risk factors relating to Adept's business, see
Adept's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005 and quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended October
1, December 31, 2005 and April 1, 2006 including the discussion in
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations and Factors Affecting Future Operating Results
contained therein.


    CONTACT: Adept Technology, Inc.
             Robert R. Strickland, 925-245-3413
             Fax: 925-245-3510