Adept Technology Announces New Motion Controller at Robots & Vision Show

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FOR:  ADEPT TECHNOLOGY, INC.

NASDAQ SYMBOL:  ADTK

JUNE 5, 2001 - 08:37 EDT

Adept Technology Announces New Motion Controller at
Robots & Vision Show

ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS-- 

Robots & Vision Show 2001 

Adept SmartController Family Leverages Distributed Control 
Architecture to Improve Performance and Reduce Form Factor 

Adept Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADTK), a leading manufacturer of 
flexible automation for the telecommunications, fiber optic and 
semiconductor industries, today announced the introduction of the 
first product offering in a family of new distributed motion and 
vision controllers, the Adept SmartController, at the Robots & 
Vision show which opens today in Rosemont, IL. 

The SmartController distributed network control architecture 
leverages Adept's SmartAmp technology, drastically reducing form 
factor and cabling -- up to 70% from Adept's industry leading MV 
controller family while the distributed processing architecture 
improves performance by freeing up 30% more of the processor's 
resources. 

"Our customers continue to push us for products with higher 
performance, best-in-class reliability, and simplified 
installation, and we are responding with the Adept 
SmartController," said Joe Campbell, vice president of marketing 
for Adept Technology. "We have collapsed the industry's most 
powerful robot and motion controller into the footprint of a 
shoebox, and with our FireWire(R) based distributed control 
architecture, we've slashed the cabling by 70% as well." 

The first Adept SmartController available is the CS, which comes 
fully configured for standard applications that do not require 
vision or conveyor belt tracking. The SmartController CS is 
available for shipment today with Adept SmartModule systems. The 
internally expandable Adept SmartController CX, which will be 
available Fall 2001, comes with full support for AdeptVision AVI 
and conveyor belt tracking for sophisticated motion and vision 
applications. The Adept SmartController series features several 
high-speed communication interfaces, including Fast Ethernet and 
IEEE 1394, also known as FireWire(R). The IEEE 1394 interface is 
the backbone of Adept's new distributed controls architecture, 
initially introduced with Adept SmartModules. All Adept 
SmartControllers offer known scalability and support for Adept's 
new IEEE 1394 based digital I/O and general motion expansion 
modules. 

The Adept SmartController CS, along with Adept's six axis robot, 
the AdeptSix 300 and HexSight, high performance machine vision 
software can be viewed at Adept booth #313 for the duration of the
show. 

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. 

The Adept logo is a registered trademark of Adept Technology, Inc.
Adept, AdeptSix, Adept SmartController, Adept SmartModules, 
AdeptVision AVI and HexSight are trademarks of Adept Technology. 
All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies. 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Adept Technology (Press and Industry Analysts)

Val Cureton

(408) 434-5021

(408) 545-5794  (FAX)

val.cureton@adept.com

or

Adept Technology (Financial Analysts)

Maili Bergman

(408) 434-5158

(408) 434-5002  (FAX)

maili.bergman@adept.com