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Adept Technology Enters New Market With The Introduction Of 6-Axis Robot Product Family

Posted on Wednesday, May 04, 2005 7:55:02 AM       Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox                            Digg This Article   Add to Delicious

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    New Product Introduced with a Major Customer Win: Sixty AdeptViper(TM) Robots Delivered in the First Phase of a Global Telecom Manufacturer's Multi-Year Automation Program

    Livermore, California - April 26th, 2005 - Adept Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: ADEO), a leading manufacturer of robotic systems, motion control and machine vision technology, today introduced the AdeptViper(TM) robot family, a line of 6-axis articulated robots designed specifically for precision assembly applications. The new family of robot's speed and payload capacity make them ideal for material handling, packaging and testing applications.

    The 6-axis robot market is several times larger than Adept's traditional SCARA robot market. Adept recently completed the delivery and installation of sixty AdeptViper s650 robots at a major telecom contract manufacturer. The manufacturer is in the first phase of a multi-year program for cellular phone assembly that is expected to result in the sale and delivery of over 400 AdeptViper s650 robots over the course of this contract.

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