As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 20, 2000
                                              Registration No. 333-_____________
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  ------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           The Securities Act of 1933

                                  ------------

                             ADEPT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           California                                    94-2900635
  (State or Other Jurisdiction              (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of Incorporation or Organization)

                              150 Rose Orchard Way
                           San Jose, California 95134
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                             ----------------------

                                 1993 Stock Plan
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                             ----------------------

                                Michael W. Overby
               Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
                             Adept Technology, Inc.
                150 Rose Orchard Way, San Jose, California 95134
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
                                 (408) 432-0888
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                             ----------------------

                                   Copies to:
                              Kenneth R. Lamb, Esq.
                           Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
                      One Montgomery Street, Telesis Tower
                         San Francisco, California 94104
                                 (415) 393-8200
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
======================================================================================================================

Title of Securities to        Amount to be          Proposed Maximum       Proposed Maximum
     be Registered           Registered (1)          Offering Price            Aggregate              Amount of
     -------------           ----------              per Share (2)        Offering Price (2)      Registration Fee
                                                     ---------            --------------          ----------------
<S>                         <C>                          <C>                  <C>                      <C>
Common  Stock,   no  par    1,000,000 shares             $26.50               $26,500,000              $6,996
value

======================================================================================================================
<FN>

(1)      This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under
         the 1993  Stock  Plan by  reason  of any  stock  dividend,  stock  split,  recapitalization  or other  similar
         transaction  effected without the receipt of  consideration  which results in an increase in the number of the
         outstanding shares of Adept Technology, Inc. Common Stock.

======================================================================================================================
<PAGE>

======================================================================================================================

(2)      Registration  Statements on Form S-8 were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 1996,
         October 30, 1997 and  December  10, 1999,  registering  an  aggregate of 3,462,500  shares of Common Stock and
         Options to purchase such Common Stock issuable pursuant to the 1993 Stock Plan and a registration fee was paid
         in connection therewith.  The fee for the 1,000,000 additional shares included in this Registration  Statement
         is  calculated  solely for  purposes of this  offering  under Rule 457(h) of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as
         amended,  on the basis of the average of the high and low selling prices per share of Common Stock as reported
         on The Nasdaq Stock Market on November 13, 2000.

======================================================================================================================
</FN>
</TABLE>



                                                         II-2

<PAGE>

                                     PART II

               Information Required in the Registration Statement

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         Adept  Technology,  Inc.  (the  "Registrant")  hereby  incorporates  by
reference into this Registration  Statement the following  documents  previously
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"):

             (a)  The  Registrant's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the  fiscal
                  year ended June 30, 2000 as amended by Form 10-K/A;

             (b)  The Registrant's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
                  quarter ended September 30, 2000;

             (c)  The description of the Registrant's Common Stock to be offered
                  hereby contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on
                  Form 8-A  filed  with  the  Commission  on  October  31,  1995
                  pursuant to section  12(g) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of
                  1934, as amended (the "1934 Act");

             (d)  The  Registrant's  Current  Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
                  Commission on July 27, 2000, October 25, 2000 (8-K/A), October
                  26, 2000, October 26, 2000 and October 26, 2000; and

             (e)  The Registrant's Form S-8 Registration  Statements,  including
                  File No. 333-3656 filed with the Commission on April 12, 1996,
                  No.  333-39065  filed with the  Commission on October 30, 1997
                  and No.  333-92525  filed with the  Commission on December 10,
                  1999.

         All documents filed pursuant to Sections  13(a),  13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the 1934 Act  after  the date of this  Registration  Statement  and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which  deregisters all securities then remaining unsold
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities

         Not Applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

         Not Applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

         As permitted by Section  204(a) of the California  General  Corporation
Law, the Registrant's Articles of Incorporation  eliminate a director's personal
liability for monetary


                                      II-1

<PAGE>



damages to the Registrant and its shareholders  arising from a breach or alleged
breach of the  director's  fiduciary  duty,  except for liability  arising under
Sections 310 and 316 of the California General  Corporation Law or liability for
(i) acts or  omissions  that  involve  intentional  misconduct  or  knowing  and
culpable violation of law, (ii) acts or omissions that a director believes to be
contrary to the best  interests of the  Registrant or its  shareholders  or that
involve  the  absence  of good  faith on the  part of the  director,  (iii)  any
transaction from which a director  derived an improper  personal  benefit,  (iv)
acts or omissions that show a reckless  disregard for the director's duty to the
Registrant or its shareholders in circumstances in which the director was aware,
or should have been aware,  in the  ordinary  course of  performing a director's
duties,  of a risk of serious injury to the Registrant or its  shareholders  and
(v) acts or omissions that constitute an unexcused  pattern of inattention  that
amounts  to an  abdication  of the  director's  duty  to the  Registrant  or its
shareholders. This provision does not eliminate the directors' duty of care, and
in appropriate  circumstances  equitable remedies such as an injunction or other
forms of non-monetary relief would remain available under California law.

         Sections  204(a)  and 317 of the  California  General  Corporation  Law
authorize a corporation  to indemnify  its  directors,  officers,  employees and
other agents in terms  sufficiently broad to permit  indemnification  (including
reimbursement for expenses) under certain  circumstances for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act").  The Registrant's
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws contain provisions covering indemnification
of corporate  directors,  officers and other agents against certain  liabilities
and expenses incurred as a result of proceedings involving such persons in their
capacities as directors,  officers,  employees or agents,  including proceedings
under  the  1933  Act  or  the  1934  Act.  The   Registrant  has  entered  into
indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers.

         At present,  there is no pending  litigation or proceeding  involving a
director,   officer,  employee  or  other  agent  of  the  Registrant  in  which
indemnification  is being sought,  nor is the Registrant aware of any threatened
litigation  that may  result in a claim  for  indemnification  by any  director,
officer, employee or other agent of the Registrant.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed

         Not Applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits

Exhibit Number                Exhibit
--------------                -------

         4.1                  1993 Stock Plan, as amended.
         5.1                  Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
         23.1                 Consent of Independent Auditors.
         23.2                 Consent  of  Gibson,   Dunn  &  Crutcher   LLP  is
                              contained in Exhibit 5.1.
         24.1                 Power of Attorney (see signature pages, pages II-4
                              and 5).


                                      II-2


<PAGE>


Item 9.  Undertakings

         A. The undersigned  Registrant hereby  undertakes:  (1) to file, during
any period in which offers or sales are being made, a  post-effective  amendment
to this Registration Statement (i) to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act; (ii) to reflect in the  prospectus any facts or events
arising after the  effective  date of this  Registration  Statement (or the most
recent  post-effective   amendment  thereof)  which,   individually  or  in  the
aggregate,  represent a fundamental  change in the information set forth in this
Registration  Statement;  and (iii) to include  any  material  information  with
respect  to  the  plan  of  distribution   not  previously   disclosed  in  this
Registration  Statement  or any  material  change  to such  information  in this
Registration Statement; provided, however, that subparagraphs (1)(i) and (l)(ii)
shall not apply if the information  required to be included in a  post-effective
amendment by those  subparagraphs  is contained in periodic reports filed by the
Registrant  pursuant  to Section  13 or  Section  15(d) of the 1934 Act that are
incorporated  by reference into this  Registration  Statement;  (2) that for the
purpose  of   determining   any   liability   under  the  1933  Act,  each  such
post-effective  amendment  shall be  deemed to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering  thereof,  and
(3) to remove from  registration by means of a  post-effective  amendment any of
the securities  being registered which remain unsold upon the termination of the
Registrant's 1993 Stock Plan.

         B. The undersigned  Registrant  hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the 1933 Act, each filing of the  Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that is
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         C. The  undersigned  Registrant  hereby  undertakes  that,  insofar  as
indemnification  for liabilities  arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to
directors,  officers or controlling  persons of the  Registrant  pursuant to the
indemnity  provisions  incorporated  by reference in Item 6, or  otherwise,  the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such  indemnification
is  against  public  policy  as  expressed  in the 1933  Act and is,  therefore,
unenforceable.  In the  event  that a claim  for  indemnification  against  such
liabilities  (other than the payment by the  Registrant of expenses  incurred or
paid by a  director,  officer or  controlling  person of the  Registrant  in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy  as  expressed  in the  1933  Act  and  will  be  governed  by the  final
adjudication of such issue.



                                      II-3


<PAGE>




                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the  requirements  for  filing  on Form  S-8,  and has duly  caused  this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized,  in the City of San Jose, State of California, on this 20th day
of November, 2000.

                        ADEPT TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                        By:  /s/ Michael W. Overby
                           --------------------------------
                        Michael W. Overby
                        Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

That each such person whose  signature  appears below  constitutes and appoints,
jointly and  severally,  Brian R.  Carlisle  and Michael W.  Overby,  the lawful
attorneys-in-  fact and agents with full power and  authority  to do any and all
acts and things and to execute any and all instruments  which said attorneys and
agents,  and either one of them,  determine  may be  necessary  or  advisable or
required to enable said  corporation  to comply with the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended,  and any rules or regulations or  requirements of the Securities and
Exchange  Commission in connection  with this  Registration  Statement.  Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted
include the power and  authority to sign the names of the  undersigned  officers
and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration  Statement,
to  any  and  all  amendments,   including   pre-effective  and   post-effective
amendments,  and supplements to this Registration Statement,  and to any and all
instruments  or  documents  filed  as  part  of  or  in  conjunction  with  this
Registration  Statement or amendments or  supplements  thereof,  and each of the
undersigned  hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorneys and agents, or
either of them,  shall do or cause to be done by virtue  hereof.  This  Power of
Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  each of the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney as of the date indicated.



                                      II-4

<PAGE>


<TABLE>

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this  Registration  Statement has been signed below by the following  persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
<CAPTION>

               Signature                             Title                              Date
<S>                                      <C>                                      <C>
/s/ Brian R. Carlisle                    Chairman of the Board and Chief          November 20, 2000
----------------------------------       Executive Officer
     Brian R. Carlisle                   (Principal Executive Officer)


/s/ Michael W. Overby                    Vice President, Finance and  Chief       November 20, 2000
-----------------------------------      Financial Officer (Principal
     Michael W. Overby                   Financial  and Accounting Officer)


/s/ Bruce E. Shimano                     Vice President, Research and             November 20, 2000
-----------------------------------      Development, Secretary and Director
     Bruce E. Shimano

/s/ Ronald E.F. Codd                     Director                                 November 20, 2000
-----------------------------------
     Ronald E.F. Codd

/s/ Michael P. Kelly                     Director                                 November 20, 2000
-----------------------------------
     Michael P. Kelly

/s/ Cary R. Mock                         Director                                 November 20, 2000
-----------------------------------
     Cary R. Mock

/s/ John E. Pomeroy                      Director                                 November 20, 2000
-----------------------------------
     John E. Pomeroy
</TABLE>


                                                II-5


<PAGE>


                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number             Exhibit
--------------             -------

4.1                        1993 Stock Plan, as amended.

5.1                        Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

23.1                       Consent of Independent Auditors.

23.2                       Consent of Gibson,  Dunn & Crutcher LLP  (included in
                           exhibit 5.1).

24.1                       Power of Attorney (see  signature  pages,  pages II-4
                           and 5).
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 20, 2000
                                              Registration No. 333-_____________
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  ------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           The Securities Act of 1933

                                  ------------

                             ADEPT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           California                                    94-2900635
  (State or Other Jurisdiction              (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of Incorporation or Organization)

                              150 Rose Orchard Way
                           San Jose, California 95134
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                             ----------------------

                                 1993 Stock Plan
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                             ----------------------

                                Michael W. Overby
               Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
                             Adept Technology, Inc.
                150 Rose Orchard Way, San Jose, California 95134
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
                                 (408) 432-0888
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                             ----------------------

                                   Copies to:
                              Kenneth R. Lamb, Esq.
                           Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
                      One Montgomery Street, Telesis Tower
                         San Francisco, California 94104
                                 (415) 393-8200
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
======================================================================================================================

Title of Securities to        Amount to be          Proposed Maximum       Proposed Maximum
     be Registered           Registered (1)          Offering Price            Aggregate              Amount of
     -------------           ----------              per Share (2)        Offering Price (2)      Registration Fee
                                                     ---------            --------------          ----------------
Common  Stock,   no  par    1,000,000 shares             $26.50               $26,500,000              $6,996
value

======================================================================================================================
(1)      This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under
         the 1993  Stock  Plan by  reason  of any  stock  dividend,  stock  split,  recapitalization  or other  similar
         transaction  effected without the receipt of  consideration  which results in an increase in the number of the
         outstanding shares of Adept Technology, Inc. Common Stock.

======================================================================================================================
======================================================================================================================

(2)      Registration  Statements on Form S-8 were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 1996,
         October 30, 1997 and  December  10, 1999,  registering  an  aggregate of 3,462,500  shares of Common Stock and
         Options to purchase such Common Stock issuable pursuant to the 1993 Stock Plan and a registration fee was paid
         in connection therewith.  The fee for the 1,000,000 additional shares included in this Registration  Statement
         is  calculated  solely for  purposes of this  offering  under Rule 457(h) of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as
         amended,  on the basis of the average of the high and low selling prices per share of Common Stock as reported
         on The Nasdaq Stock Market on November 13, 2000.

======================================================================================================================
II-2
PART II

               Information Required in the Registration Statement

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

         Adept  Technology,  Inc.  (the  "Registrant")  hereby  incorporates  by
reference into this Registration  Statement the following  documents  previously
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"):

             (a)  The  Registrant's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the  fiscal
                  year ended June 30, 2000 as amended by Form 10-K/A;

             (b)  The Registrant's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
                  quarter ended September 30, 2000;

             (c)  The description of the Registrant's Common Stock to be offered
                  hereby contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on
                  Form 8-A  filed  with  the  Commission  on  October  31,  1995
                  pursuant to section  12(g) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of
                  1934, as amended (the "1934 Act");

             (d)  The  Registrant's  Current  Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
                  Commission on July 27, 2000, October 25, 2000 (8-K/A), October
                  26, 2000, October 26, 2000 and October 26, 2000; and

             (e)  The Registrant's Form S-8 Registration  Statements,  including
                  File No. 333-3656 filed with the Commission on April 12, 1996,
                  No.  333-39065  filed with the  Commission on October 30, 1997
                  and No.  333-92525  filed with the  Commission on December 10,
                  1999.

         All documents filed pursuant to Sections  13(a),  13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the 1934 Act  after  the date of this  Registration  Statement  and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which  deregisters all securities then remaining unsold
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities

         Not Applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

         Not Applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

         As permitted by Section  204(a) of the California  General  Corporation
Law, the Registrant's Articles of Incorporation  eliminate a director's personal
liability for monetary

                                      II-1
damages to the Registrant and its shareholders  arising from a breach or alleged
breach of the  director's  fiduciary  duty,  except for liability  arising under
Sections 310 and 316 of the California General  Corporation Law or liability for
(i) acts or  omissions  that  involve  intentional  misconduct  or  knowing  and
culpable violation of law, (ii) acts or omissions that a director believes to be
contrary to the best  interests of the  Registrant or its  shareholders  or that
involve  the  absence  of good  faith on the  part of the  director,  (iii)  any
transaction from which a director  derived an improper  personal  benefit,  (iv)
acts or omissions that show a reckless  disregard for the director's duty to the
Registrant or its shareholders in circumstances in which the director was aware,
or should have been aware,  in the  ordinary  course of  performing a director's
duties,  of a risk of serious injury to the Registrant or its  shareholders  and
(v) acts or omissions that constitute an unexcused  pattern of inattention  that
amounts  to an  abdication  of the  director's  duty  to the  Registrant  or its
shareholders. This provision does not eliminate the directors' duty of care, and
in appropriate  circumstances  equitable remedies such as an injunction or other
forms of non-monetary relief would remain available under California law.

         Sections  204(a)  and 317 of the  California  General  Corporation  Law
authorize a corporation  to indemnify  its  directors,  officers,  employees and
other agents in terms  sufficiently broad to permit  indemnification  (including
reimbursement for expenses) under certain  circumstances for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act").  The Registrant's
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws contain provisions covering indemnification
of corporate  directors,  officers and other agents against certain  liabilities
and expenses incurred as a result of proceedings involving such persons in their
capacities as directors,  officers,  employees or agents,  including proceedings
under  the  1933  Act  or  the  1934  Act.  The   Registrant  has  entered  into
indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers.

         At present,  there is no pending  litigation or proceeding  involving a
director,   officer,  employee  or  other  agent  of  the  Registrant  in  which
indemnification  is being sought,  nor is the Registrant aware of any threatened
litigation  that may  result in a claim  for  indemnification  by any  director,
officer, employee or other agent of the Registrant.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed

         Not Applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits

Exhibit Number                Exhibit
--------------                -------

         4.1                  1993 Stock Plan, as amended.
         5.1                  Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
         23.1                 Consent of Independent Auditors.
         23.2                 Consent  of  Gibson,   Dunn  &  Crutcher   LLP  is
                              contained in Exhibit 5.1.
         24.1                 Power of Attorney (see signature pages, pages II-4
                              and 5).

                                      II-2
Item 9.  Undertakings

         A. The undersigned  Registrant hereby  undertakes:  (1) to file, during
any period in which offers or sales are being made, a  post-effective  amendment
to this Registration Statement (i) to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act; (ii) to reflect in the  prospectus any facts or events
arising after the  effective  date of this  Registration  Statement (or the most
recent  post-effective   amendment  thereof)  which,   individually  or  in  the
aggregate,  represent a fundamental  change in the information set forth in this
Registration  Statement;  and (iii) to include  any  material  information  with
respect  to  the  plan  of  distribution   not  previously   disclosed  in  this
Registration  Statement  or any  material  change  to such  information  in this
Registration Statement; provided, however, that subparagraphs (1)(i) and (l)(ii)
shall not apply if the information  required to be included in a  post-effective
amendment by those  subparagraphs  is contained in periodic reports filed by the
Registrant  pursuant  to Section  13 or  Section  15(d) of the 1934 Act that are
incorporated  by reference into this  Registration  Statement;  (2) that for the
purpose  of   determining   any   liability   under  the  1933  Act,  each  such
post-effective  amendment  shall be  deemed to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering  thereof,  and
(3) to remove from  registration by means of a  post-effective  amendment any of
the securities  being registered which remain unsold upon the termination of the
Registrant's 1993 Stock Plan.

         B. The undersigned  Registrant  hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the 1933 Act, each filing of the  Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that is
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         C. The  undersigned  Registrant  hereby  undertakes  that,  insofar  as
indemnification  for liabilities  arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to
directors,  officers or controlling  persons of the  Registrant  pursuant to the
indemnity  provisions  incorporated  by reference in Item 6, or  otherwise,  the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such  indemnification
is  against  public  policy  as  expressed  in the 1933  Act and is,  therefore,
unenforceable.  In the  event  that a claim  for  indemnification  against  such
liabilities  (other than the payment by the  Registrant of expenses  incurred or
paid by a  director,  officer or  controlling  person of the  Registrant  in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy  as  expressed  in the  1933  Act  and  will  be  governed  by the  final
adjudication of such issue.

                                      II-3
SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the  requirements  for  filing  on Form  S-8,  and has duly  caused  this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized,  in the City of San Jose, State of California, on this 20th day
of November, 2000.

                        ADEPT TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                        By:  /s/ Michael W. Overby
                           --------------------------------
                        Michael W. Overby
                        Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

That each such person whose  signature  appears below  constitutes and appoints,
jointly and  severally,  Brian R.  Carlisle  and Michael W.  Overby,  the lawful
attorneys-in-  fact and agents with full power and  authority  to do any and all
acts and things and to execute any and all instruments  which said attorneys and
agents,  and either one of them,  determine  may be  necessary  or  advisable or
required to enable said  corporation  to comply with the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended,  and any rules or regulations or  requirements of the Securities and
Exchange  Commission in connection  with this  Registration  Statement.  Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted
include the power and  authority to sign the names of the  undersigned  officers
and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration  Statement,
to  any  and  all  amendments,   including   pre-effective  and   post-effective
amendments,  and supplements to this Registration Statement,  and to any and all
instruments  or  documents  filed  as  part  of  or  in  conjunction  with  this
Registration  Statement or amendments or  supplements  thereof,  and each of the
undersigned  hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorneys and agents, or
either of them,  shall do or cause to be done by virtue  hereof.  This  Power of
Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  each of the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney as of the date indicated.

                                      II-4
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this  Registration  Statement has been signed below by the following  persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature                             Title                              Date
/s/ Brian R. Carlisle                    Chairman of the Board and Chief          November 20, 2000
----------------------------------       Executive Officer
     Brian R. Carlisle                   (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Michael W. Overby                    Vice President, Finance and  Chief       November 20, 2000
-----------------------------------      Financial Officer (Principal
     Michael W. Overby                   Financial  and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Bruce E. Shimano                     Vice President, Research and             November 20, 2000
-----------------------------------      Development, Secretary and Director
     Bruce E. Shimano

/s/ Ronald E.F. Codd                     Director                                 November 20, 2000
-----------------------------------
     Ronald E.F. Codd

/s/ Michael P. Kelly                     Director                                 November 20, 2000
-----------------------------------
     Michael P. Kelly

/s/ Cary R. Mock                         Director                                 November 20, 2000
-----------------------------------
     Cary R. Mock

/s/ John E. Pomeroy                      Director                                 November 20, 2000
-----------------------------------
     John E. Pomeroy
II-5
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number             Exhibit
--------------             -------

4.1                        1993 Stock Plan, as amended.

5.1                        Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

23.1                       Consent of Independent Auditors.

23.2                       Consent of Gibson,  Dunn & Crutcher LLP  (included in
                           exhibit 5.1).

24.1                       Power of Attorney (see  signature  pages,  pages II-4
                           and 5).