FIRST AMENDMENT TO LEASE
                             (180 ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Way)
         This FIRST  AMENDMENT TO LEASE (this  "Amendment")  is dated as of this
9th day of July,  1998,  by and  between  TECHNOLOGY  CENTRE  ASSOCIATES  LLC, a
California limited liability company ("Landlord"), and ADEPT TECHNOLOGY, INC., a
California corporation ("Tenant").
                                    RECITALS
         A.  Landlord  and Tenant  entered  into a Lease dated June 1, 1998 (the
"Lease"),  for  premises  within a  building  with a street  address of ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, and more particularly described in the Lease;
         B.  Landlord  and Tenant now desire to amend the Lease on the terms and
conditions  set forth herein.  Capitalized  terms used in this Amendment and not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Lease.
                                    AGREEMENT
         NOW  THEREFORE,  for good and valuable  consideration,  the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby  acknowledged,  Landlord and Tenant hereby agree
as follows:
         1.  Amendment to Lease.  Section 1.1 of the Lease is hereby  amended to
delete the words  "September  1,  1998"  after the term  "Intended  Commencement
Date:" and to insert the words "October 1, 1998" in their place.
         2.  Ratification.  The Lease, as amended by this  Amendment,  is hereby
ratified by Landlord and Tenant and  Landlord  and Tenant  hereby agree that the
Lease, as so amended, shall continue in full force and effect.
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have executed this Amendment as
of the date first written above.
                                    LANDLORD:
                                    TECHNOLOGY CENTRE ASSOCIATES LLC, a
                                    California limited liability company
                                    By: Menlo Equities LLC, a
                                        California limited liability company,
                                        its Managing Member
                                        By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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                                            ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Member
                                    TENANT:
                                    ADEPT TECHNOLOGY, INC., a
                                    California corporation
                                        By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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                                            Title: Chief Financial Officer