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                                                                     EXHIBIT 3.2


                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

                                       OF

                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                             ADEPT TECHNOLOGY, INC.


     The undersigned, Brian R. Carlisle and Bruce E. Shimano, hereby certify
that:

     1.   They are the President and Secretary, respectively, of Adept
Technology, Inc., a California corporation (the "Corporation").

     2.   Article III, Sections (A) and (B) of the Corporation's Restated
Articles of Incorporation are amended in their entirety to read as follows:

               "(A) The Corporation is authorized to issue 75,000,000 shares of
          its capital stock, which shall be divided into two classes known as
          "Common Stock" and "Preferred Stock."

               (B) The total number of shares of Common Stock which this
          corporation is authorized to issue is 70,000,000 and the total number
          of shares of Preferred Stock which this corporation is authorized to
          issue is 5,000,000."

     3.   The foregoing amendments to the Corporation's Articles of
Incorporation have been duly approved by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation.

     4.   The foregoing amendments to the Corporation's Articles of
Incorporation have been duly approved by the required vote of shareholders of
the Corporation in accordance with Section 902 of the California Corporations
Code on November 10, 2000 at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the record date
for which was September 15, 2000. The total number of outstanding shares of the
Corporation entitled to vote on the amendment on the record date is 10,804,127.
The total number of shares voting in favor of the Certificate of Amendment
equaled or exceeded the vote required. The percentage vote required was greater
than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

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     The undersigned declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the
State of California that the matters set forth in this Certificate of Amendment
are true and correct of their own knowledge.

     Executed at San Jose, California on November 16, 2000.

                                       /s/ Brian R. Carlisle
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                                       Brian R. Carlisle, President

                                       /s/ Bruce E. Shimano
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                                       Bruce E. Shimano, Secretary



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