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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.3

                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M., CENTRAL STANDARD
TIME ON MAY 29, 2006


         THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
         UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF
         ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY
         NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN
         EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER APPLICABLE
         SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS OFFERED, SOLD OR TRANSFERRED PURSUANT TO AN
         AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE LAWS.

                                             Right to Purchase 426,667 Shares of
                                  Class A Common Stock, par value $.10 per share

Date: November 29, 2001

                                  ODETICS, INC.
                             STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT



        THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, Castle Creek Technology
Partners LLC or its registered assigns (the "Holder"), is entitled to purchase
from ODETICS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), at the Exercise
Price set forth in the next succeeding sentence at any time or from time to time
during the period specified in Section 2 hereof, 426,667 fully paid and
nonassessable shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock, par value $.10 per
share (the "Common Stock"), subject to adjustment. The term "Exercise Price"
means $3.00, subject to adjustment. This Warrant is being issued in exchange for
the Closing Warrant issued pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement dated May 29, 2001 among the Company and the signatories thereto (the
"Securities Purchase Agreement"). Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Securities
Purchase Agreement. The number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder
(the "Warrant Shares") and the Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 4 hereof. The term "Warrants" means this Warrant and the
other warrants the Company may be required to issue pursuant to the terms of the
Securities Purchase Agreement.

        The term "Closing Bid Price" means, for any security as of any date, the
closing bid price of such security on the principal securities exchange or
trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg
Financial Markets or a comparable reporting service of national reputation
selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to Holders of a majority of
the aggregate principal amount represented by the then outstanding Notes (with
the consent of the Holder so long as the Holder continues to own Notes)
("Majority Holders") if Bloomberg Financial Markets is not then reporting
closing bid prices of such security (collectively, "Bloomberg"), or if the
foregoing does not apply, the last reported sale price of such security in

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the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board of such security as
reported by Bloomberg, or, if no sale price is reported for such security by
Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices of any market makers for such security
as reported in the "pink sheets" by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. If the
Closing Bid Price cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of
the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price of such security on such date shall
be the fair market value as reasonably determined by an investment banking firm
selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Holder, with the costs
of such determination to be borne by the Company.

        This Warrant is subject to the following terms, provisions, and
conditions:

        1. Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the provisions hereof, including,
without limitation, the limitations contained in Section 7(f) hereof, this
Warrant may be exercised as follows:

                (a) Manner of Exercise. This Warrant may be exercised by the
Holder, in whole or in part, by the surrender of this Warrant (or evidence of
loss, theft, destruction or mutilation thereof in accordance with Section 7(c)
hereof), together with a completed exercise agreement in the Form of Exercise
Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 1 (the "Exercise Agreement"), to the
Company at the Company's principal executive offices (or such other office or
agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the Holder), and upon (i)
payment to the Company in cash, by certified or official bank check or by wire
transfer for the account of the Company, of the Exercise Price for the Warrant
Shares specified in the Exercise Agreement or (ii) if the Holder elects to
effect a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 11(c) below), delivery to the
Company of a written notice of an election to effect a Cashless Exercise for the
Warrant Shares specified in the Exercise Agreement. The Warrant Shares so
purchased shall be deemed to be issued to the Holder or Holder's designees, as
the record owner of such shares, as of the date on which this Warrant shall have
been surrendered, the completed Exercise Agreement shall have been delivered,
and payment (or notice of an election to effect a Cashless Exercise) shall have
been made for such shares as set forth above.

                (b) Issuance of Certificates. Subject to Section 1(c),
certificates for the Warrant Shares so purchased, representing the aggregate
number of shares specified in the Exercise Agreement, shall be delivered to the
Holder within a reasonable time, not exceeding three (3) business days, after
this Warrant shall have been so exercised (the "Delivery Period"). The
certificates so delivered shall be in such denominations as may be requested by
the Holder and shall be registered in the name of Holder or such other name as
shall be designated by such Holder. If this Warrant shall have been exercised
only in part, then, unless this Warrant has expired, the Company shall, at its
expense, at the time of delivery of such certificates, deliver to the Holder a
new Warrant representing the number of shares with respect to which this Warrant
shall not then have been exercised.

                (c) Exercise Disputes. In the case of any dispute with respect
to an exercise, the Company shall promptly issue such number of shares of Common
Stock as are not disputed in accordance with this Section. If such dispute
involves the calculation of the Exercise Price, the Company shall submit the
disputed calculations to a nationally recognized independent accounting firm
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facsimile within three (3) business days of receipt of the Exercise Agreement.
The accounting firm shall audit the calculations and notify the Company and the
exercising Holder of the results no later than three (3) business days from the
date it receives the disputed calculations. The accounting firm's calculation
shall be deemed conclusive, absent manifest error. The Company shall then issue
the appropriate number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with this
Section.

                (d) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock are
to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but the Company shall pay a cash
adjustment in respect of any fractional share which would otherwise be issuable
in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Exercise Price of a share of
Common Stock (as determined for exercise of this Warrant into whole shares of
Common Stock); provided that in the event that sufficient funds are not legally
available for the payment of such cash adjustment any fractional shares of
Common Stock shall be rounded up to the next whole number.

                (e) Buy-In. If (i) the Company fails for any reason to deliver
during the Delivery Period shares of Common Stock to Holder upon an exercise of
this Warrant and (ii) after the applicable Delivery Period with respect to such
an exercise, Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise)
shares of Common Stock to make delivery upon a sale by Holder of the shares of
Common Stock (the "Sold Shares") which Holder was entitled to receive upon such
exercise (a "Buy-in"), the Company shall pay Holder (in addition to any other
remedies available to Holder) the amount by which (x) Holder's total purchase
price (including brokerage commission, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so
purchased exceeds (y) the lesser of (A) the Exercise Price or (B) the net
proceeds received by Holder from the sale of the Sold Shares. Holder shall
provide the Company written notification indicating any amounts payable to
Holder pursuant to this subsection.

        2. Period of Exercise. This Warrant is exercisable at any time or from
time to time on or after the date hereof and before 5:00 P.M., Central Standard
Time on May 29, 2006 (the "Exercise Period").

        3. Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company hereby covenants and
agrees as follows:

                (a) Shares to be Fully Paid. All Warrant Shares will, upon
issuance in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, be validly issued, fully
paid, and non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens, claims and
encumbrances.

                (b) Reservation of Shares. During the Exercise Period, the
Company shall at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of
issuance upon exercise of this Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of Common
Stock to provide for the exercise of this Warrant.

                (c) Listing. The Company shall promptly secure the listing of
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant upon the
Nasdaq National Market, or the New York Stock Exchange, as required by Section
4.12 of the Securities Purchase Agreement and upon each national securities
exchange or automated quotation system, if any, upon which shares of Common
Stock are then listed or become listed and shall maintain, so long as any other



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shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all shares of Common
Stock from time to time issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant; and the
Company shall so list on each such national securities exchange or automated
quotation system, as the case may be, and shall maintain such listing of any
other shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of this
Warrant so long as any shares of the same class shall be listed on such national
securities exchange or automated quotation system.

                (d) Certain Actions Prohibited. The Company will not, by
amendment of its charter or through any reorganization, transfer of assets,
consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other
voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of
the terms to be observed or performed by it hereunder, but will at all times in
good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and
in the taking of all such actions as may reasonably be requested by the Holder
of this Warrant in order to protect the exercise privilege of the Holder of this
Warrant, consistent with the tenor and purpose of this Warrant. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) will not increase the par value
of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above
the Exercise Price then in effect, and (ii) will take all such actions as may be
necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue
fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this
Warrant.

        4. Antidilution Provisions. During the Exercise Period, the Exercise
Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be subject to adjustment from time
to time as provided in this Section 4. In the event that any adjustment of the
Exercise Price as required herein results in a fraction of a cent, such Exercise
Price shall be rounded up or down to the nearest cent.

                (a) Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Shares upon
Issuance of Common Stock. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4(c) and 4(e)
hereof, if and whenever after the initial issuance of this Warrant, the Company
issues or sells, or in accordance with Section 4(b) hereof is deemed to have
issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock for no consideration or for a
consideration per share less than the Market Price (as herein defined) on the
date of such issuance (a "Dilutive Issuance"), then effective immediately upon
the Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price will be adjusted in accordance with
the following formula:

                E' = (E) (O + P/M) / (CSDO)

                where:
<TABLE>
                <S>        <C>
                E'   =     the adjusted Exercise Price
                E    =     the then current Exercise Price;
                M    =     the then current Market Price;
                O    =     the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
                           immediately prior to the Dilutive Issuance;
                P    =     the aggregate consideration, calculated as set forth
                           in Section 4(b) hereof, received by the Company upon
                           such Dilutive Issuance; and
                CSDO =     the total number of shares of Common Stock Deemed
                           Outstanding (as herein defined) immediately after the
                           Dilutive Issuance.
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                (b) Effect on Exercise Price of Certain Events. For purposes of
determining the adjusted Exercise Price under Section 4(a) hereof, the following
will be applicable:

                        (i) Issuance of Rights or Options. If the Company in any
manner issues or grants any warrants, rights or options, whether or not
immediately exercisable, to subscribe for or to purchase Common Stock or other
securities exercisable, convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock
("Convertible Securities") (such warrants, rights and options to purchase Common
Stock or Convertible Securities are hereinafter referred to as "Options"), and
the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such
Options is less than the Market Price on the date of issuance ("Below Market
Options"), then the maximum total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the exercise of all such Below Market Options (assuming full exercise,
conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities, if applicable) will, as of the
date of the issuance or grant of such Below Market Options, be deemed to be
outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company for such price per
share. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the price per share for which
Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such Below Market Options is
determined by dividing (i) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by
the Company as consideration for the issuance or granting of such Below Market
Options, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any,
payable to the Company upon the exercise of all such Below Market Options, plus,
in the case of Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Below
Market Options, the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration payable
upon the exercise, conversion or exchange thereof at the time such Convertible
Securities first become exercisable, convertible or exchangeable, by (ii) the
maximum total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of all
such Below Market Options (assuming full conversion of Convertible Securities,
if applicable). No further adjustment to the Exercise Price will be made upon
the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon the exercise of such Below Market
Options or upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities
issuable upon exercise of such Below Market Options.

                        (ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities.

                                (A) If the Company in any manner issues or sells
any Convertible Securities, whether or not immediately convertible (other than
where the same are issuable upon the exercise of Options) and the price per
share for which Common Stock is issuable upon such exercise, conversion or
exchange (as determined pursuant to Section 4(b)(ii)(B) if applicable) is less
than the Market Price on the date of issuance, then the maximum total number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of all
such Convertible Securities will, as of the date of the issuance of such
Convertible Securities, be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and
sold by the Company for such price per share. For the purposes of the preceding
sentence, the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon such
exercise, conversion or exchange is determined by dividing (i) the total amount,
if any, received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the issuance
or sale of all such Convertible Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of
additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the exercise,
conversion or exchange thereof at the time such Convertible Securities first
become exercisable, convertible or exchangeable, by (ii) the maximum total
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion or
exchange of all such Convertible Securities. No further adjustment to the
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Price will be made upon the actual issuances of such Common Stock upon exercise,
conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

                                (B) If the Company in any manner issues or sells
any Convertible Securities with a fluctuating conversion or exercise price or
exchange ratio (a "Variable Rate Convertible Security"), then the price per
share for which Common Stock is issuable upon such exercise, conversion or
exchange for purposes of the calculation contemplated by Section 4(b)(ii)(A)
shall be deemed to be the lowest price per share which would be applicable
assuming that (1) all holding period and other conditions to any discounts
contained in such Convertible Security have been satisfied, and (2) the Market
Price on the date of issuance of such Convertible Security was 80% of the Market
Price on such date (the "Assumed Variable Market Price").

                        (iii) Change in Option Price or Conversion Rate. If
there is a change at any time in (i) the amount of additional consideration
payable to the Company upon the exercise of any Options; (ii) the amount of
additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the exercise,
conversion or exchange or any Convertible Securities; or (iii) the rate at which
any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock
(other than under or by reason of provisions designed to protect against
dilution), the Exercise Price in effect at the time of such change will be
readjusted to the Exercise Price which would have been in effect at such time
had such Options or Convertible Securities still outstanding provided for such
changed additional consideration or changed conversion rate, as the case may be,
at the time initially granted, issued or sold.

                        (iv) Treatment of Expired Options and Unexercised
Convertible Securities. If, in any case, the total number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of any Options or upon exercise, conversion or
exchange of any Convertible Securities is not, in fact, issued and the rights to
exercise such option or to exercise, convert or exchange such Convertible
Securities shall have expired or terminated, the Exercise Price then in effect
will be readjusted to the Exercise Price which would have been in effect at the
time of such expiration or termination had such Options or Convertible
Securities, to the extent outstanding immediately prior to such expiration or
termination (other than in respect of the actual number of shares of Common
Stock issued upon exercise or conversion thereof), never been issued.

                        (v) Calculation of Consideration Received. If any Common
Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued, granted or sold for cash,
the consideration received therefor for purposes of this Warrant will be the
amount received by the Company therefor, before deduction of reasonable
commissions, underwriting discounts or allowances or other reasonable expenses
paid or incurred by the Company in connection with such issuance, grant or sale,
plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable
to the Company upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of all such Options or
Convertible Securities at the time such Options or Convertible Securities first
become exercisable, convertible or exchangeable. In case any Common Stock,
Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration part or
all of which shall be other than cash, the amount of the consideration other
than cash received by the Company will be the fair market value of such
consideration except where such consideration consists of freely-tradeable
securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company
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the date of receipt. In case any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities
are issued in connection with any merger or consolidation in which the Company
is the surviving corporation, the amount of consideration therefor will be
deemed to be the fair market value of such portion of the net assets and
business of the non-surviving corporation as is attributable to such Common
Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may be. The fair market
value of any consideration other than cash or securities will be determined in
the good faith reasonable business judgment of the Board of Directors.

                        (vi) Exceptions to Adjustment of Exercise Price. No
adjustment to the Exercise Price will be made (i) upon the exercise of any
warrants, options or convertible securities issued and outstanding on the date
hereof in accordance with the terms of such securities as of such date; (ii)
upon the issuance of Warrants in accordance with terms of the Securities
Purchase Agreement; or (iii) upon the exercise of the Warrants.

                (c) Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company,
at any time after the initial issuance of this Warrant, subdivides (by any stock
split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification or
otherwise) its shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, then,
after the date of record for effecting such subdivision, the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced. If
the Company, at any time after the initial issuance of this Warrant, combines
(by reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification or
otherwise) its shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then,
after the date of record for effecting such combination, the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased.

                (d) Adjustment in Number of Shares. Upon each adjustment of the
Exercise Price pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4, the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted
by multiplying a number equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior
to such adjustment by the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the
product so obtained by the adjusted Exercise Price.

                (e) Major Transactions. If the Company shall consolidate or
merge with any other corporation or entity (other than a merger in which the
Company is the surviving or continuing entity and its capital stock is unchanged
and unissued in such transaction (except for issuances which do not result in a
Change of Control (as defined in the Note))) or there shall occur any share
exchange pursuant to which all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock are
converted into other securities or property or any reclassification or change of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock or the Company shall sell all or
substantially all of its assets (each of the foregoing being a "Major
Transaction"), then the holder of this Warrant may, at its option, either (a) in
the event that the Common Stock remains outstanding or holders of Common Stock
receive any common stock or substantially similar equity interest, in each of
the foregoing cases which is publicly traded, retain this Warrant and this
Warrant shall continue to apply to such Common Stock or shall apply, as nearly
as practicable, to such other common stock or equity interest, as the case may
be, or (b) regardless of whether (a) applies, receive consideration, in exchange
for this Warrant, number of shares of stock or securities or property of the
Company, or of the entity resulting from such Major Transaction (the "Major
Transaction Consideration"), to which a holder of the number of shares of Common
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Warrant (pursuant to the cashless exercise feature hereof) would have been
entitled upon such Major Transaction had such holder so exercised this Warrant
(without regard to any limitations on exercise herein or elsewhere contained) on
the trading date immediately preceding the public announcement of the
transaction resulting in such Major Transaction and had such Common Stock been
issued and outstanding and had such Holder been the holder of record of such
Common Stock at the time of the consummation of such Major Transaction, and the
Company shall make lawful provision for the foregoing as a part of such Major
Transaction and shall cause the issuer of any security in such transaction which
constitutes Registrable Securities under that certain Registration Rights
Agreement dated May 29, 2001 among the Company and the signatories thereto (the
"Registration Rights Agreement") to assume all of the Company's obligations
under the Registration Rights Agreement. No later than five (5) business days
prior to the consummation of the Major Transaction or Common Stock Major
Transaction, as the case may be (each, a "Transaction"), but not prior to the
public announcement of such Transaction, the Company shall deliver written
notice ("Notice of Transaction") to each holder of a Warrant, which Notice of
Transaction shall be deemed to have been delivered one (1) business day after
the Company's sending such notice by telecopy (provided that the Company sends a
confirming copy of such notice on the same day by overnight courier) of such
Notice of Transaction. Such Notice of Transaction shall indicate the amount and
type of the transaction consideration which such holder of a Warrant would
receive under this Section ("Transaction Consideration"). If the Transaction
Consideration is cash and does not consist entirely of United States currency,
such holder may elect to receive United States currency in an amount equal to
the value of the Transaction Consideration in lieu of the Transaction
Consideration by delivering notice of such election to the Company within five
(5) business days of such holder's receipt of the Notice of Transaction.

                (f) Distribution of Assets. In case the Company shall declare or
make any distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders
of Common Stock as a partial liquidating dividend, by way of return of capital
or otherwise (including any dividend or distribution to the Company's
stockholders of cash or shares (or rights to acquire shares) of capital stock of
a subsidiary) (a "Distribution"), at any time after the initial issuance of this
Warrant, then the Holder shall be entitled upon exercise of this Warrant for the
purchase of any or all of the shares of Common Stock subject hereto, to receive
the amount of such assets (or rights) which would have been payable to the
Holder had such Holder been the holder of such shares of Common Stock on the
record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to such Distribution.

                (g) Notices of Adjustment. Upon the occurrence of any event
which requires any adjustment of the Exercise Price, then, and in each such
case, the Company shall give notice thereof to the Holder, which notice shall
state the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or
decrease in the number of Warrant Shares purchasable at such price upon
exercise, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the
facts upon which such calculation is based. Such calculation shall be certified
by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

                (h) Minimum Adjustment of Exercise Price. No adjustment of the
Exercise Price shall be made in an amount of less than 1% of the Exercise Price
in effect at the time such adjustment is otherwise required to be made, but any
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forward and shall be made at the time and together with the next subsequent
adjustment which, together with any adjustments so carried forward, shall amount
to not less than 1% of such Exercise Price.

                (i) No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock
are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but the Company shall pay a
cash adjustment in respect of any fractional share which would otherwise be
issuable in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Market Price of a share
of Common Stock; provided that in the event that sufficient funds are not
legally available for the payment of such cash adjustment any fractional shares
of Common Stock shall be rounded up to the next whole number.

                (j) Other Notices. In case at any time:

                        (i) the Company shall declare any dividend upon the
Common Stock payable in shares of stock of any class or make any other
distribution to the holders of the Common Stock;

                        (ii) the Company shall offer for subscription pro rata
to the holders of the Common Stock any additional shares of stock of any class
or other rights;

                        (iii) there shall be any capital reorganization of the
Company, or reclassification of the Common Stock, or consolidation or merger of
the Company with or into, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets to,
another corporation or entity; or

                        (iv) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company;

then, in each such case, the Company shall give to the Holder (a) notice of the
date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken
for determining the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive any such
dividend, distribution, or subscription rights or for determining the holders of
Common Stock entitled to vote in respect of any such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or
winding-up and (b) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, notice of
the date (or, if not then known, a reasonable approximation thereof by the
Company) when the same shall take place. Such notice shall also specify the date
on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividend,
distribution, or subscription rights or to exchange their Common Stock for stock
or other securities or property deliverable upon such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, or
winding-up, as the case may be. Such notice shall be given at least 30 days
prior to the record date or the date on which the Company's books are closed in
respect thereto, but in no event earlier than public announcement of such
proposed transaction or event. Failure to give any such notice or any defect
therein shall not affect the validity of the proceedings referred to in clauses
(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above.

                (k) Special Adjustment. If the Company takes any actions
(including under or by virtue of this Section 4) which would have a dilutive
effect on the Holder or which would materially and adversely affect the Holder
with respect to its investment in this Warrant, and if the provisions of this
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actions, would not operate to equitably protect the Holder against such actions,
then the Company shall promptly upon notice from a Holder appoint its
independent certified public accountants to determine as promptly as practicable
an appropriate adjustment to the terms hereof, including without limitation
adjustments to the Exercise Price, or another appropriate action to so equitably
protect such Holder and prevent any such dilution and any such material adverse
effect, as the case may be. Following such determination, the Company shall
forthwith make the adjustments or take the other actions described therein.

                (l) Certain Definitions.

                        (i) "Common Stock Deemed Outstanding" shall mean the
number of shares of Common Stock actually outstanding (not including shares of
Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company), plus (x) in case of any
adjustment required by Section 4(a) resulting from the issuance of any Options,
the maximum total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
the Options for which the adjustment is required (including any Common Stock
issuable upon the conversion of Convertible Securities issuable upon the
exercise of such Options), and (y) in the case of any adjustment required by
Section 4(a) resulting from the issuance of any Convertible Securities, the
maximum total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise,
conversion or exchange of the Convertible Securities for which the adjustment is
required, as of the date of issuance of such Convertible Securities, if any.

                        (ii) "Market Price," means, as of any date, the average
of the Closing Bid prices for the Common Stock during the ten (10) consecutive
trading days immediately preceding, but not including, such determination date.

                        (iii) "Common Stock," for purposes of this Section 4,
includes the Common Stock and any additional class of stock of the Company
having no preference as to dividends or distributions on liquidation, provided
that the shares purchasable pursuant to this Warrant shall include only Common
Stock in respect of which this Warrant is exercisable, or shares resulting from
any subdivision or combination of such Common Stock, or in the case of any
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, or sale of the
character referred to in Section 4(e) hereof, the stock or other securities or
property provided for in such Section.

        5. Issue Tax. The issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares upon the
exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder or such
shares for any issuance tax or other costs in respect thereof, provided that the
Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of
any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name
other than the Holder.

        6. No Rights or Liabilities as a Stockholder. This Warrant shall not
entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the
Company. No provision of this Warrant, in the absence of affirmative action by
the Holder to purchase Warrant Shares, and no mere enumeration herein of the
rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the
Holder for the Exercise Price or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such
liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.



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        7. Transfer, Exchange, Redemption and Replacement of Warrant.

                (a) Restriction on Transfer. This Warrant and the rights granted
to the Holder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this
Warrant, together with a properly executed assignment in the Form of Assignment
attached hereto as Exhibit 2, at the office or agency of the Company referred to
in Section 7(e) below. Until due presentment for registration of transfer on the
books of the Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the
owner and holder hereof for all purposes, and the Company shall not be affected
by any notice to the contrary. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the registration rights described in Section 8 hereof are
assignable only in accordance with the provisions of the Registration Rights
Agreement. Until this Warrant or the shares represented by this Warrant are
registered under the Securities Act, the Company may require, as a condition of
transfer of this Warrant or the shares represented by this Warrant, that the
transferee (who may be the Holder in the case of an exchange) represent that the
securities being transferred are being acquired for investment purposes and for
the transferee's own account and not with a view to or for sale in connection
with any distribution of the security. The Company may also require that the
transferee provide written information adequate to establish that the transferee
is an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Regulation D issued under the
Securities Act, or otherwise meets all qualifications necessary to comply with
exemptions to the Securities Act, all as determined by counsel to the Company.

                (b) Warrant Exchangeable for Different Denominations. This
Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the office
or agency of the Company referred to in Section 7(e) below, for new Warrants, in
the form hereof, of different denominations representing in the aggregate the
right to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock which may be purchased
hereunder, each of such new Warrants to represent the right to purchase such
number of shares as shall be designated by the Holder of at the time of such
surrender.

                (c) Replacement of Warrant. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of
this Warrant or, in the case of any such loss, theft, or destruction, upon
delivery, of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and amount
to the Company, or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company, at its expense, will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant, in the form hereof, in such
denominations as Holder may request.

                (d) Cancellation; Payment of Expenses. Upon the surrender of
this Warrant in connection with any transfer, exchange, or replacement as
provided in this Section 8, this Warrant shall be promptly canceled by the
Company. The Company shall pay all issuance taxes (other than securities
transfer taxes) and charges payable in connection with the preparation,
execution, and delivery of Warrants pursuant to this Section 7.

                (e) Warrant Register. The Company shall maintain, at its
principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it
may designate by notice to the Holder), a register for this Warrant, in which
the Company shall record the name and address of the person in whose name this
Warrant has been issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee and
each prior owner of this Warrant.



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                (f) Exercise Limitations. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, this Warrant shall not be exercisable by the Holder
to the extent (but only to the extent) that, if exercisable by the Holder, the
Holder would be the beneficial owner of more than 4.99% of the shares of Common
Stock. For the purposes of this Section 7(f), beneficial ownership and all
determinations and calculations shall be determined in accordance with Section
13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all applicable
rules and regulations thereunder. For clarification, it is expressly a term of
this security that the limitations contained in this Section 7(f) shall apply to
each successive Holder. The restriction contained in this Section 7(f) may not
be altered, amended, deleted or changed in any manner whatsoever unless the
holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock and the Holder
hereof approve such alteration, amendment, deletion or change.

        8. Registration. The initial holder of this Warrant (and certain
assignees thereof) is entitled to the benefit of such registration rights in
respect of the Warrant Shares as are set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement between the company and the initial holder of this Warrant.

        9. Notices. Any notice herein required or permitted to be given shall be
in writing and may be personally served or delivered by courier or by confirmed
telecopy, and shall be deemed delivered at the time and date of receipt (which
shall include telephone line facsimile transmission). The addresses for such
communications shall be:

                If to the Company:

                Odetics, Inc.
                1515 S. Manchester Avenue
                Anaheim, California  92802
                Telecopy:  714-780-7857
                Attention: Greg Minor

                with a copy to:

                Stradling Yocca Carlson & Ruth
                660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600
                Newport Beach, California 92660
                Telecopy:  949-725-4100
                Attention:  K.C. Schaaf, Esq.

and if to the Holder, at such address as Holder shall have provided in writing
to the Company, or at such other address as each such party furnishes by notice
given in accordance with this Section 9.

        10. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Warrant shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois applicable to
contracts made and to be performed in the State of Illinois. The Company
irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of the United States federal courts
located in the State of Illinois and the state courts located in the County of
Cook in the State of Illinois in any suit or proceeding based on or arising
under this Warrant and irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such
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determined in such courts. The Company irrevocably waives the defense of an
inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit or proceeding. The Company
agrees that a final nonappealable judgment in any such suit or proceeding shall
be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on such
judgment or in any other lawful manner.

        11. Miscellaneous.

                (a) Amendments. This Warrant and any provision hereof may only
be amended by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Holder.

                (b) Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of the
several Sections of this Warrant are inserted for purposes of reference only,
and shall not affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions
hereof.

                (c) Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Warrant, this Warrant may be exercised by presentation and
surrender of this Warrant to the Company at its principal executive offices with
a written notice of the Holder's intention to effect a cashless exercise,
including a calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued
upon such exercise in accordance with the terms hereof (a "Cashless Exercise").
In the event of a Cashless Exercise, in lieu of paying the Exercise Price in
cash, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant for the number of shares of Common
Stock determined by multiplying the number of Warrant Shares to which it would
otherwise be entitled by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the
difference between the then current Market Price per share of the Common Stock
and the Exercise Price, and the denominator of which shall be such then current
Market Price per share of Common Stock.

                (d) Assignability. This Warrant shall be binding upon the
Company and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Holder
and its successors and assigns. The Holder shall notify the Company upon the
assignment of this Warrant.

                                      * * *




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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed by
its duly authorized officer.

                                       ODETICS, INC.



                                       By:
                                          --------------------------------------
                                       Name:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                       Title:
                                             -----------------------------------






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                           FORM OF EXERCISE AGREEMENT

         (TO BE EXECUTED BY THE HOLDER IN ORDER TO EXERCISE THE WARRANT)

        The undersigned hereby irrevocably exercises the right to purchase
____________ of the shares of common stock of Odetics, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), evidenced by the attached Warrant, and [herewith
makes payment of the Exercise Price with respect to such shares in full] [elects
to effect a Cashless Exercise pursuant to the terms of the Warrant], all in
accordance with the conditions and provisions of said Warrant.

        (i) The undersigned agrees not to offer, sell, transfer or otherwise
dispose of any Common Stock obtained on exercise of the Warrant, except under
circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, or any state securities laws.

        (ii) The undersigned requests that stock certificates for such shares be
issued, and a Warrant representing any unexercised portion hereof be issued,
pursuant to the Warrant in the name of the Holder (or such other person or
persons indicated below) and delivered to the undersigned (or designee(s) at the
address (or addresses) set forth below:




Date:
     -----------------------------     -----------------------------------------
                                       Signature of Holder



                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Name of Holder (Print)

                                       Address:

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

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



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                               FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers
all rights of the undersigned under the within Warrant, with respect to the
number of shares of Common Stock covered thereby set forth hereinbelow, to:

Name of Assignee                   Address                         No. of Shares
----------------                   -------                         -------------


, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints ______________________________
as agent and attorney-in-fact to transfer said Warrant on the books of the
within-named corporation, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Date:             ,      ,
      ------------  -----

In the presence of

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


                                     Name:
                                          --------------------------------------



                                     Signature:
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Title of Signing Officer or Agent
                                                           (if any):


                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Address:
                                                       -------------------------

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


                                               Note: The above signature should
                                                     correspond exactly with the
                                                     name on the face of the
                                                     within Warrant.