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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20051104112952
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000865415-05-000005
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20051103
FILED AS OF DATE:		20051104
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20051104

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ADEPT TECHNOLOGY INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000865415
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY, NEC [3559]
		IRS NUMBER:				942900635
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1204

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3011 TRIAD DRIVE
		CITY:			LIVERMORE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94551
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9252453400

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JUELIS A RICHARD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001251892

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-27122
		FILM NUMBER:		051179047

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		349 OYSTER POINT BLVD
		STREET 2:		STE 200
		CITY:			S SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94080
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2005-11-03</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000865415</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ADEPT TECHNOLOGY INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ADEO</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001251892</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>JUELIS A RICHARD</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>3011 TRIAD DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LIVERMORE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94551</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>1 Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>8</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-11-03</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>8</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2006-11-03</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2015-11-03</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Per the 2004 Director Option Plan, initial grant of 10,000 options issued to new director (First Option) shall become exercisable as to 25% of the shares subject to the First Option one year after its date of grant and as to 1/48th of the shares each month thereafter so that the First Option shall be fully exercisable four years after the date of grant, provided that the Optionee continues to serve as a Director as of such dates.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Robert R. Strickland  For: A. Richard Juelis</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-11-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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