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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.2

                          LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT

         THIS LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into as
of July 12, 2004 by and between CYPRESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. and CYPRESS
COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING COMPANY, INC. (jointly and severally "Borrower") whose
address is 15 Piedmont Center, Suite 100 Atlanta, Georgia 30305 and SILICON
VALLEY BANK ("Bank" or "Silicon") whose address is 3003 Tasman Drive, Santa
Clara, California 95054 and with a loan production office located at 8020
Towers Crescent Drive, Suite 475, Vienna, Virginia 22182.

                                   RECITALS

         A.       The Borrower and Silicon have entered into that certain
Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated March 17, 2004, and a
schedule of terms attached thereto (the "Schedule") (as both may be amended
from time to time, collectively, the "Loan Agreement").

         B.       Repayment of the Obligations is secured by the Collateral as
described in the Loan Agreement. Hereinafter all documents securing repayment
of the Obligations shall be referred to as the "Loan Documents".

         C.       As part of the Loans, Borrower has requested that Bank change
the Advance Rates and otherwise amend certain provisions of the Loan Agreement
and the Bank has agreed on the condition that, this Agreement be executed and
delivered by Borrower to Bank.

         D.       Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used
herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, Borrower and Bank do hereby agree as follows:

         1.       Recitals. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the
above Recitals are true and correct in all material respects and that the same
are incorporated herein and made a part hereof by reference.

         2.       Early Termination. Section 6.2 of the Loan Agreement is
amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

         6.2 EARLY TERMINATION. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the
         Maturity Date as follows: (i) by Borrower, effective three Business
         Days after written notice of termination is given to Silicon; or (ii)
         by Silicon at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance
         of an Event of Default, without notice, effective immediately. If this
         Agreement is terminated by Borrower or by Silicon under this Section
         6.2, Borrower shall pay to Silicon a termination fee in an amount
         equal to one percent (1.0%) of the Maximum Credit Limit if such
         termination occurs after the Closing Date and prior to January 12,
         2005 and one half of one percent (.50%) of the Maximum Credit Limit if
         such termination occurs after January 12, 2005, provided that no
         termination fee shall be charged if the credit facility hereunder
         is replaced with a new facility from another division of Silicon or
         from the proceeds of an initial public offering or other equity event.
         The termination fee shall be due and payable on the effective date of
         termination and thereafter shall bear interest at a rate equal to the
         highest rate applicable to any of the Obligations.

         3.       Definitions. The definitions of "Eligible Accounts" and
"Eligible Inventory" in Section 8 of the Loan Agreement are amended and
restated in their entirety as follows:

                  "Flexible Accounts" means Accounts and General Intangibles
         arising in the ordinary course of Borrower's business from the sale of
         goods or the rendition of services, or the non-

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exclusive licensing of Intellectual Property, and includes deferred revenue of
Borrower, which Silicon, in its good faith business judgment, shall deem
eligible for borrowing. Without limiting the fact that the determination of
which Accounts are eligible for borrowing is a matter of Silicon's good faith
business judgment, the following (the "MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS") are
the minimum requirements for a Account to be an Eligible Account: (i) the
Account must not be outstanding for more than 90 days from its invoice date
(the "ELIGIBILITY PERIOD"), (ii) the Account must not represent progress
billings, or be due under a fulfillment or requirements contract with the
Account Debtor, (iii) the Account must not be subject to any contingencies
(including Accounts arising from sales on consignment, guaranteed sale or other
terms pursuant to which payment by the Account Debtor may be conditional), (iv)
the Account must not be owing from an Account Debtor with whom Borrower has any
dispute (whether or not relating to the particular Account), (v) the Account
must not be owing from an Affiliate or Borrower, (vi) the Account must not be
owing from an Account Debtor which is subject to any insolvency or bankruptcy
proceeding, or whose financial condition is not acceptable to Silicon, or
which, fails or goes out of a material portion of its business, (vii) the
Account must not be owing from the United States or any department, agency or
instrumentality thereof (unless there has been compliance, to Silicon's
satisfaction, with the United States Assignment of Claims Act), (viii) the
Account must not be owing from an Account Debtor located outside the United
States or Canada (unless pre-approved by Silicon in its discretion in writing,
or backed by a letter of credit satisfactory to Silicon, or FCIA insured
satisfactory to Silicon), (ix) the Account must not be owing from an Account
Debtor to whom Borrower is or may be liable for goods purchased from such
Account Debtor or otherwise (but, in such case, the Account will be deemed not
eligible only to the extent of any amounts owed by Borrower to such Account
Debtor). Accounts owing from one Account Debtor will not be deemed Eligible
Accounts to the extent they exceed 25% of the total Accounts outstanding. In
addition, if more than 50% of the Accounts owing from an Account Debtor are
outstanding for a period longer than their Eligibility Period (without regard
to unapplied credits) or are otherwise not Eligible Accounts, then all Accounts
owing from that Account Debtor will be deemed ineligible for borrowing. In
addition, prior to including any Accounts acquired as part of the Acquired
Assets as Eligible Accounts, Silicon shall have completed a satisfactory
audit of such Accounts. Silicon may, from time to time, in its good faith
business judgment, revise the Minimum Eligibility Requirements, upon written
notice to Borrower.

         "Eligible Inventory" means all Inventory of Borrower which is to be
placed under a contract of service in the ordinary course of business, valued
at market value, as verified by independent appraisal from an appraiser
acceptable to Silicon (to be performed on an annual basis hereafter). Eligible
Inventory shall exclude, any Inventory which consists of: (a) any Inventory
located outside of the United States; (b) any Inventory located outside of a
state in which Silicon has properly and unavoidably perfected the Liens of
Silicon under this Agreement, free and clear of all other Liens; (b) any
Inventory not in the actual possession of Borrower, except to the extent
provided in subsection (d) below; (c) any Inventory in the possession of a
bailee, warehouseman, consignee or any third party, except to the extent that
such bailee, warehouseman, consignee or such third party has entered into an
agreement with Silicon in which such bailee, warehouseman, consignee or similar
third party consents and agrees to Silicon's Lien on such Inventory and to such
other terms and conditions as may be required by Silicon, including without
limitation, Inventory held at The Source warehouse location; (d) any Inventory
located on premises leased or rented to Borrower or otherwise not owned by
Borrower, unless Silicon has received a waiver and consent from the lessor,
landlord and/or owner, in form and substance satisfactory to Silicon; (e) any
inventory the sale or other disposition of which has given rise to a Eligible
Account; (f) work-in-process, supplies, displays, packaging and promotional
materials; (g) any Inventory as to which Silicon determines in the exercise of
its sole and absolute discretion at any time and in good faith is not in good
condition or is defective, unmerchantable, post-seasonal, slow moving or
obsolete; and (h) any Inventory which in Silicon's good faith business
judgment has deemed to be ineligible because Silicon otherwise considers the
collateral value to Silicon to be impaired or its or their ability to realize
such value to be insecure. In the event of any dispute under the foregoing
criteria,

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         as to whether inventory is, or has ceased to be, Eligible Inventory,
         the decision of Silicon shall control.

         4.       CREDIT LIMIT.  From and after the date hereof, the first
paragraph of Section 1.1 of the Schedule is amended and restated in its
entirety as follow:

                           An amount not to exceed the lesser of: (i)
                           $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding (the "Credit
                           Limit"); or (ii) the sum of (a) eighty five percent
                           (85%) (the "Advance Rate") of the amount of
                           Borrower's Eligible Accounts and (b) the lesser of
                           (i) fifteen percent (15%) of Eligible Inventory or
                           (ii) $1,000,000 (both as defined in Section 8 above),
                           provided, however, that Loans made on the basis of
                           Eligible Inventory can not at any time exceed thirty
                           percent (30%) of total Loans outstanding.

         5.       MATURITY DATE.  From and after the date hereof, Section 5 of
the Schedule is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

         5. MATURITY DATE
            (Section 6.1): The earlier of (i) July 10, 2005 or (ii) the earlier
                           maturity of the Bridge Loans or the Convertible
                           Notes. It being understood and agreed that the
                           Equipment Term Loans shall be due and payable in full
                           on such date unless the Maturity Date of the
                           Revolving Loans is extended.

         6.       MINIMUM TANGIBLE NET WORTH.  From and after the date hereof,
the Minimum Tangible Net Worth Covenant and the definition of Tangible Net
Worth, each as set forth in Section 6 of the Schedule are amended and restated
in their entirety as follows:

         MINIMUM TANGIBLE
         NET WORTH:        Borrower shall maintain a Tangible
                           Net Worth, tested as of the last day of each month
                           (on a consolidated basis) of not less than
                           $13,000,000, plus fifty percent (50%) of net income
                           (without regard to any loss) from each fiscal quarter
                           of the Borrower commencing with the fiscal quarter
                           ending June 30, 2004. For purposes of computing this
                           covenant, the use of the term "consolidated" shall be
                           deemed to include the Borrower's parent company,
                           Cypress Communications Holding Co., Inc.

                           "Tangible Net Worth" shall mean the excess of
                           Borrower's consolidated total assets over
                           consolidated total liabilities, determined in
                           accordance with GAAP, with the following adjustments:

                           (A) there shall be excluded from assets: (i) notes,
                           accounts receivable and other obligations owing to
                           Borrower from its officers or other Affiliates, and
                           (ii) all assets which would be classified as
                           intangible assets under GAAP, including without
                           limitation goodwill, licenses, patents, trademarks,
                           trade names, copyrights, capitalized software and
                           organizational costs, licenses and franchises;

                           (B) there shall be excluded from liabilities: all
                           indebtedness which is subordinated to the Obligations
                           under a subordination agreement in form specified by
                           Silicon or by language in the instrument evidencing
                           the indebtedness which Silicon agrees in writing is
                           acceptable to Silicon in its good faith business
                           judgment, including, without limitation, the Bridge
                           Loans and the Convertible Notes, including all
                           accrued interest thereon.

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         7.       DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE RATIO. From and after the Debt Service
Change Date, the definition of Debt Service Coverage Ratio set forth in Section
6 of the Schedule is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

                               "Debt Service Coverage Ratio" shall mean a ratio
                               of (i) Borrower's earnings before interest, taxes
                               and depreciation expense for such period, minus
                               all Unfunded Capital Expenditures and cash taxes
                               for the specified period to (ii) current
                               maturities of long term debt, including all
                               capitalized leases, plus cash interest expense,
                               calculated on a three (3) month rolling basis.

         8.       COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE. From and after the date hereof, all
references in the Loan Agreement to the "Compliance Certificate" shall mean
the Compliance Certificate attached hereto.

         9.       CONSISTENT CHANGES. The Existing Loan Documents are hereby
amended wherever necessary to reflect the changes described above.

         10.      PAYMENT OF FEES. In consideration of Bank's agreement to
enter into this Agreement, Borrower shall pay to Bank a non refundable fee in
the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000), and all Bank's out-of-pocket
expenses, in connection with this Agreement, including, Bank's attorney's fees
and expenses.

         11.      NO DEFENSES OF BORROWER. Borrower agrees that it has no
defenses against the obligations to pay any amounts under the Obligations.

         12.      CONTINUING VALIDITY. Borrower understands and agrees that in
modifying the existing Obligations, Bank is relying upon Borrower's
representations, warranties, and agreements, as set forth in the Loan
Documents. Except as expressly modified pursuant to this Agreement, the terms
of the Loan Documents remain unchanged and in full force and effect. Bank's
agreement to modifications to the existing Obligations pursuant to this
Agreement in no way shall obligate Bank to make any future modifications to the
Obligations. Nothing in this Agreement shall constitute a satisfaction of the
Obligations. It is the intention of Bank and Borrower to retain as liable
parties all makers and endorsers of Loan Documents, unless the party is
expressly released by Bank in writing. No maker, endorser, or guarantor will be
released by virtue of this Agreement. The terms of this paragraph apply not
only to this Agreement, but also to all subsequent loan modification agreements.

         13.      GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement and all acts and transactions
hereunder and all rights and obligations of Bank and Borrower shall be governed
by the laws of the State of Georgia.

                   [SIGNATURES APPEAR ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

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         This Loan Modification Agreement is executed as of the date first
written above.

BORROWER:

CYPRESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

By: /s/ Neal Miller
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    Name: Neal Miller
    Title: CFO

CYPRESS COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING COMPANY, INC.

By: /s/ Neal Miller
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    Name: Neal Miller
    Title: CFO

BANK:

SILICON VALLEY BANK

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

                                    CONSENT
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The undersigned hereby (i) consents to terms of the attached Loan Modification
Agreement, (ii) hereby ratifies all the provisions of the Unconditional
Guaranty dated as of July 12, 2002 (the "Guaranty"), and (iii) confirms that
all provisions of that document are in full force and effect without offset or
defense of any kind or nature.

GUARANTOR:

CYPRESS COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS CO., INC. (formerly known as U.S. REALTEL, INC.)

By: /s/ Gregory P. McGraw
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    Name: Gregory P. McGraw
    Title: CEO

Date: July ___, 2004

                                       5EXHIBIT 10.2

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"). THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS SECURITY,
AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ROBOTIC VISION SYSTEMS, INC. (THE "COMPANY") THAT THIS
SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR EXEMPTION
THEREFROM, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

                          Robotic Vision Systems, Inc.

                              Common Stock Warrant

                          Issuance Date: June 25, 2004

      Robotic Vision Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, RVSI Investors, L.L.C. (the
"Purchaser") or its permitted assigns (the Purchaser or such permitted assigns
at the time being the registered holder or holders hereof being hereinafter
referred to as "Holder") under the terms of this warrant (this "Warrant") is
entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to acquire from the Company, at
an exercise price of $0.01 per share (the "Exercise Price"), at any time or from
time to time on or after the Issuance Date set forth above and prior to 5:00
P.M., New York City time, on the third anniversary of the Termination Date (the
"Expiration Date"), good and valid title to the Vested Number (defined below) of
duly authorized, fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Company's common
stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"; such shares of Common
Stock, in each case as the number of such shares may be adjusted from time to
time pursuant to Section 2.4 and the provisions of the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation, are herein referred to as the "Warrant Shares"). For the purposes
of this Warrant, the term "Vested Number" shall mean, as of the applicable Date
of Determination (defined below):

      (a)   150,000 Warrant Shares, if the aggregate amount of Revolving
            Advances, as of such Date of Determination, has never exceeded
            $13,000,000; or

      (b)   200,000 Warrant Shares, if the aggregate amount of Revolving
            Advances outstanding under the Credit Agreement ever exceeds
            $13,000,000 but, as of such Date of Determination, has never
            exceeded $14,000,000; or

      (c)   250,000 Warrant Shares, if the aggregate amount of Revolving
            Advances outstanding under the Credit Agreement ever exceeds
            $14,000,000 but, as of such Date of Determination, has never
            exceeded $15,000,000; or

      (d)   450,000 Warrant Shares, if the aggregate amount of Revolving
            Advances outstanding under the Credit Agreement has ever exceeded
            $15,000,000.

The "Date of Determination" shall mean, with respect to each exercise or
conversion of this Warrant, the date of notice of such exercise or conversion.
The Vested Number of Warrant Shares shall be determined anew as of each Date of
Determination. The Vested Number of Warrant Shares shall never exceed 450,000 in
the aggregate, subject to adjustment pursuant to section 2.4 hereof. As of any
Date of Determination, the number of Warrant Shares available for an exercise or
conversion hereof shall be the Vested Number, determined as of such Date of
Determination, less the aggregate number of Warrant

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Shares which were the subject of a previously consummated or a pending exercise
or conversion. All Warrant Shares shall be (i) free and clear of any pledge,
lien, security interest, charge, claim, equity or encumbrance of any kind (each
a "Lien") created by or in respect of the Company and (ii) not subject to
preemptive rights.

      Certain capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in Section 4 hereof or in the Credit Agreement.

Section 1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

      1.1. Exercise. Subject to Section 10, this Warrant may be converted or
exercised by Holder, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time on
or after the Issuance Date and prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the
Expiration Date by surrender of this Warrant, together with the form of notice
of exercise (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A) duly completed and
executed by Holder, to the Company at its principal office and accompanied by
payment in full, in cash or by check payable to the order of the Company, in the
amount of the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares covered by such
exercise. In lieu of exercising this Warrant pursuant to the immediately
preceding sentence, Holder shall have the right to require the Company to
convert this Warrant, in whole or in part and at any time or times prior to 5:00
p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date (the "Conversion Right"), into
Warrant Shares, by surrendering this Warrant to the Company accompanied by a
conversion notice (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B) that has been duly
completed and signed. Upon exercise of the Conversion Right, the Company shall
deliver to Holder (without payment by Holder of any Exercise Price) that number
of Warrant Shares that is equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the
value of this Warrant (or the portion thereof being converted) at the time the
Conversion Right is exercised, determined by subtracting the aggregate Exercise
Price for the Warrant (or such portion thereof being converted) immediately
prior to the exercise of the Conversion Right from the aggregate current market
price (determined on the basis of the Current Market Price Per Share) of that
number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant (or such
portion thereof) immediately prior to the exercise of the Conversion Right
(taking into account all applicable adjustments pursuant to this Warrant) by (y)
the Current Market Price Per Share of one share of Common Stock immediately
prior to the exercise of the Conversion Right. Any references in this Warrant to
the "exercise" of any Warrants, and the use of the term "exercise" herein, shall
be deemed to include, without limitation, any exercise of the Conversion Right.
For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, it is intended, understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares
issued upon exercise of a Conversion Right shall be deemed to have been acquired
by Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have
commenced, on the Issuance Date. In the event this Warrant is not exercised in
full, the Warrant Shares shall be reduced by the number of Warrant Shares
subject to such partial exercise, and the Company, at its expense, shall
forthwith issue and deliver to Holder a new Warrant of like tenor in the name of
Holder, reflecting the number of Warrant Shares remaining after such exercise.

      1.2. Delivery of Stock Certificates. Promptly upon exercise of this
Warrant in full or in part, the Company will issue and deliver to Holder, a
certificate or certificates, in such name or names as such Holder may designate,
for the number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock to which
Holder shall be entitled on such exercise. The Warrant Shares issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be affixed with the following legend:

            "This security has not been registered under the Securities Act of
            1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The holder hereof, by
            purchasing this security, agrees for the benefit of Robotic Vision
            Systems, Inc. that this security may be resold, pledged or otherwise
            transferred only pursuant to an effective registration statement
            under the Securities Act or exemption therefrom, in each case in
            accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the
            United States. This security may be pledged, but not transferred in
            violation of the foregoing, in

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            connection with a bona fide margin account or other loan secured by
            such securities."

      The Company agrees that the foregoing legend shall be removed from any
such certificates at the request of the Purchaser (i) upon any sale pursuant to
an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, (ii) upon any sale
pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or (iii) at such time as they
become eligible for sale under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act.

      1.3. Fractional Shares. This Warrant may not be exercised as to fractional
shares of Common Stock. If any fraction of a share of Common Stock would be
issuable, except for the provisions of this Section 1.3, on the exercise of the
Warrant in full or in part, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect
of such fractional interest equal to the product of (x) such fractional interest
and (y) the Current Market Price Per Share as of the date this Warrant is
surrendered for exercise as provided in Section 1.1.

Section 2. CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY.

      2.1. Reservation of Stock. The Company covenants that it will at all times
reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights and antidilution
adjustments upon issuance, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of
this Warrant, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the total number of
Warrant Shares then issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant. The Company will
from time to time, in accordance with the laws of its state of incorporation,
take action to increase the authorized amount of its Common Stock if at any time
the number of shares of Common Stock authorized but remaining unissued and
unreserved for other purposes shall be insufficient to permit the exercise of
this Warrant.

      2.2. Corporate Actions. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares
will, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Warrant Agreement and
the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, be fully paid and nonassessable,
free from all taxes with respect to the issuance thereof (other than income
taxes, if any, related to ordinary income attributable to Holder) and from all
Liens. The Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or
through any consolidation, merger, reorganization, transfer of assets,
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 of this Warrant.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (a) will not
permit the par value or the determined or stated value of any shares of Common
Stock receivable upon the exercise of the Warrants to exceed the amount payable
therefor upon such exercise, (b) will take all such action 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 the Warrants
from time to time outstanding, including, without limitation, amending its
Certificate of Incorporation, and (c) will not take any action that results in
an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares obtainable upon the exercise of
this Warrant if the total number of shares of Common Stock (or other securities)
issuable after such action upon the exercise of this Warrant would exceed the
total number of shares of Common Stock (or other securities) then authorized by
the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and available for purpose of issuance
upon such exercise.

      2.3. Maintenance of Office. The Company will maintain an office, initially
at 486 Amherst Street, Nashua, New Hampshire 03063, where presentations and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of this Warrant may be made. The
Company will give notice in writing to Holder, at the address of Holder
appearing on the books of the Company, of each change in the location of such
office.

      2.4. Adjustment of Warrant Shares Purchasable.

            (a) The Vested Number of Warrant Shares that may be acquired upon
the exercise or conversion of this Warrant and the Exercise Price of such shares
are subject to adjustment from time to

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time upon the occurrence of any of the events enumerated in this Section 2.4 at
any time or from time to time after the Issuance Date and prior to the
Expiration Date.

            (b) If the Company shall, after the Issuance Date, (i) declare or
pay a dividend or make a distribution on its capital stock in shares of Common
Stock, (ii) subdivide (by any share split, share dividend, recapitalization or
otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of
shares, (iii) combine (by reverse stock split or otherwise) its outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issue any shares
of capital stock by reclassification of its shares of Common Stock, the Exercise
Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution or the day on
which such subdivision, combination or reclassification becomes effective, as
the case may be, shall be adjusted so that Holder shall be entitled to receive
the number of shares of Common Stock that such Holder would have owned or have
been entitled to receive after the happening of any of the events described
above as if this Warrant had been exercised immediately prior to the record date
in the case of a dividend or distribution or the effective date in the case of a
subdivision, combination or reclassification. An adjustment made pursuant to
this paragraph (b) shall become effective immediately after the opening of
business on the business day next following the record date in the case of a
dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the
opening of business on the business day next following the effective date in the
case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification.

            (c) In the event that the provisions of this Section 2.4 fail as a
result of an unintentional oversight to provide expressly for the adjustment of
the Exercise Price or the Vested Number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon
exercise of this Warrant under circumstances that, based upon the purposes and
intentions expressed herein, would otherwise have been addressed, the Board of
Directors of the Company shall, in good faith, cause an equitable adjustment to
be made to the Exercise Price or the Vested Number of Warrant Shares purchasable
upon exercise of the Warrant to correct such an oversight.

            (d) If the Company shall be a party to any transaction (including
without limitation a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, self
tender offer for all or substantially all of its Common Stock, sale of all or
substantially all of the Company's assets or recapitalization of the shares of
Common Stock and excluding any transaction as to which Section 2.4(b) applies)
(each of the foregoing being referred to herein as a "Transaction"), in each
case as a result of which all or substantially all of the shares of Common Stock
are converted into the right to receive shares, securities or other property
(including cash or any combination thereof), this Warrant shall thereafter be
exercisable into the kind and amount of shares, securities and other property
(including cash or any combination thereof) receivable upon the consummation of
such Transaction by a holder of that number of shares of Common Stock into which
this Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to such Transaction, assuming
such holder of Common Stock (i) is not a Person with which the Company
consolidated or into which the Company merged or which merged into the Company
or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be ("Constituent
Person"), or an affiliate of a Constituent Person and (ii) failed to exercise
his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of shares, securities
and other property (including cash) receivable upon such Transaction (provided
that if the kind or amount of shares, securities and other property (including
cash) receivable upon such Transaction is not the same for each share of Common
Stock held immediately prior to such Transaction by other than a Constituent
Person or an affiliate thereof and in respect of which such rights of election
shall not have been exercised ("Non-Electing Share"), then for the purpose of
this paragraph (f) the kind and amount of shares, securities and other property
(including cash) receivable upon such Transaction by each Non-Electing Share
shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality
of the Non-Electing Shares). The Company shall not be a party to any Transaction
unless the terms of such Transaction are consistent with the provisions of this
paragraph (f), and it shall not consent or agree to the occurrence of any
Transaction until the Company has entered into an agreement with the successor
or purchasing entity, as the case may be, for the benefit of Holder that

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will contain provisions enabling Holder to exercise into the consideration
received by holders of shares of Common Stock at the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such Transaction. The provisions of this paragraph (f)
shall similarly apply to successive Transactions.

            (e) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.4, the
Company shall not be required to make any adjustment of the Exercise Price: (i)
for the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any plan providing
for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on securities of the
Company and the investment of additional optional amounts of cash in shares of
Common Stock under such plan; or (ii) the issuance of options and the shares of
Common Stock issued upon exercise of such options pursuant to an employee,
consultant or director stock option program approved by the Board of Directors
of the Company. All calculations under this Section 2.4 shall be made to the
nearest cent (with $.005 being rounded upward) or to the nearest one-tenth of a
share (with .05 of a share being rounded upward), as the case may be. Anything
in this Section 2.4 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall be
entitled, to the extent permitted by law, to make such reductions in the
Exercise Price, in addition to those required by this Section 2.4, as it in its
discretion shall determine to be advisable in order that any share dividends,
subdivision of shares, reclassification or combination of shares, distribution
of rights or warrants to purchase shares or securities, or distribution of other
assets (other than cash dividends) hereafter made by the Company to its
stockholders shall not be taxable.

            (f) Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted, as herein provided,
Holder shall thereafter prior to the Expiration Date be entitled to purchase the
number of Warrant Shares obtained by multiplying such Exercise Price by the
number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant
immediately prior to such adjustment, and by dividing the product by the
Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.

            (g) Whenever the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the
exercise of this Warrant or the Exercise Price of such Warrant Shares is
adjusted, as herein provided, the Company shall promptly cause to be prepared a
certificate signed by its President or a Vice President and by its Treasurer or
Assistant Treasurer or its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, setting forth in
reasonable detail the event requiring the adjustment, the amount of the
adjustment, the method by which such adjustment was calculated (including a
description of the basis on which the Board of Directors of the Company made any
determination hereunder), the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the
exercise of the Warrant and the Exercise Price of such Warrant Shares after such
adjustment, and shall promptly cause copies of such certificate to be mailed (by
first class and postage prepaid) to the Warrant Holder in accordance with
Section 7.

      2.5. Payment of Taxes. The Company will pay all documentary stamp taxes
attributable to the issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this
Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any
tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration
of this Warrant or any certificates for Warrant Shares issuable upon the
exercise of this Warrant in a name other than that of Holder. Holder shall be
responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or
transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant Shares upon exercise hereof.

Section 3. NOTICE OF CERTAIN EVENTS.

      If at any time:

            (a) the Company shall declare any dividend or distribution payable
to the holders of its Common Stock or any other class of its capital stock;

            (b) the Company shall offer for subscription pro rata to the holders
of its Common Stock any additional shares of stock of any rights to subscribe
thereto;

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            (c) there shall be any recapitalization of the Company, or
consolidation or merger of the Company with, or sale of all or substantially all
of its assets or of any material asset to, another corporation or business
organization or any other extraordinary event or any Transaction;

            (d) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the Company in a single transaction or a series of
related transactions; or

            (e) the Company shall declare any share split, share dividend,
subdivision, combination or similar distribution with respect to the shares of
Common Stock, regardless of the effect of any such event on the outstanding
number of shares of Common Stock;

(each such event, a "Notification Event"), then, in any one or more of such
cases, the Company shall give Holder written notice, by certified mail (or
nationally recognized overnight courier), of the date on which a record shall be
taken for such Notification Event or for determining stockholders entitled to
vote upon such Notification Event or winding up and of the date, if determined,
when any such transaction shall take place, as the case may be. Such notice
shall also specify the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record
shall participate in such dividend, distribution or subscription rights or shall
be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property
deliverable upon such Notification Event, as the case may be. Such notice shall
describe the proposed transaction in reasonable detail and specify the
consideration to be received by Holder in respect thereto and/or any adjustment
that would be made to the number of Warrant Shares obtainable upon the exercise
of this Warrant as a result of such transaction. The Company shall also furnish
to Holder all notices and materials furnished to its stockholders in connection
with such transaction as and when such notices and materials are furnished to
its stockholders. Such written notice shall be given not less than 10 days prior
to the record date with respect thereto.

Section 4. DEFINITIONS.

      Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement. Otherwise, as used
herein, the following terms, unless the context otherwise requires, have the
following respective meanings:

      4.1. The term "Common Stock" includes the Company's Common Stock and any
other securities or rights into which or for which the Common Stock is converted
or exchanged, whether pursuant to a plan of reclassification, reorganization,
consolidation, merger, sale of assets, dissolution, liquidation, or otherwise.

      4.2. The term "Credit Agreement" shall mean that certain Amended and
Restated Revolving Credit and Security Agreement dated as of November 26, 2003
and made by and among the Company, PNC Bank, National Association, as agent, and
RVSI Investors, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, as the same shall
be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

      4.3. "Current Market Price Per Share" shall mean, with respect to any of
the Common Stock, as of any particular date of determination:

            (a) if the Common Stock is then reported on the Composite
Transactions Tape, the average of the daily closing prices for the 20
consecutive trading days immediately prior to such date as reported on the
Composite Transactions Tape (as adjusted for any stock dividend, split,
combination or reclassification that occurred during such 20-day period); or

            (b) if the Common Stock is not then reported on the Composite
Transaction Tape but is then listed or admitted to trading on a national
securities exchange, the average of the daily last sale prices regular way of
such Common Stock, for the 20 consecutive trading days immediately prior to such
date (as adjusted for any stock dividend, split, combination or reclassification
that occurred during such 20-day period), on the principal national securities
exchange on which such Common Stock is traded or,

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in case no such sale takes place on any such day, the average of the closing bid
and asked prices regular way, in either case on such national securities
exchange; or

            (c) if the Common Stock is not then reported on the Composite
Transaction Tape and is not then listed or admitted for trading on a national
securities exchange but is then traded on the over-the-counter market, the
average of the daily closing sales prices, or, if there is no closing sales
price, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, in the over-the-counter
market, for the 20 consecutive trading days immediately prior to such date (as
adjusted for any stock dividend, split, combination or reclassification that
occurred during such 20-day period), as reported by the National Association of
Securities Dealers' Automated Quotation System, or, if not so reported, as
reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Incorporated or any successor
thereof, or, if not so reported the average of the closing bid and asked prices
as furnished by any member of the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. selected from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company for
that purpose; or

            (d) if no such prices are then furnished, the higher of (x) the
Exercise Price and (y) the fair market value of a share of the Common Stock as
determined by agreement between the Holder and the Company or, in the absence of
such an agreement, by a mutually agreed upon accounting firm (the cost of which
engagement will be borne by the Company) and reasonably acceptable to the
holders of a majority of the Warrants.

      4.4. The term "Person" shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, association, trust, joint venture, unincorporated
organization or any government, governmental department or agency or political
subdivision thereof.

Section 5. REPLACEMENT OF WARRANTS.

      Upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss,
theft or destruction, upon receipt of indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon
surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company, at its expense, shall
execute and deliver, in lieu of and in replacement of this Warrant, a Warrant
identical in form to this Warrant.

Section 6. REMEDIES.

      The Company stipulates that the remedies at law of Holder in the event of
any breach or threatened breach by the Company of the terms of this Warrant are
not and will not be adequate, and that such terms may be specifically enforced
by a decree for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or by
an injunction against a breach of any of the terms hereof or otherwise. The
Company hereby irrevocably waives, to the extent that it may do so under
applicable law, any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law that may be
asserted as a bar to the remedy of specific performance in any action brought
against the Company for specific performance of this Warrant by Holder. Such
remedies and all other remedies provided for in this Warrant shall, however, be
cumulative and not exclusive and shall be in addition to any other remedies that
may be available under this Warrant.

Section 7. NOTICES.

      Where this Warrant provides for notice of any event, such notice shall be
given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) in writing and either (i)
delivered personally, (ii) sent by certified, registered or express mail,
postage prepaid (iii) telexed or sent by facsimile transmission, and shall be
deemed given when so delivered personally, telexed, sent by facsimile
transmission (confirmed in writing) or mailed. Notices shall be addressed, if to
Holder, to the address of Holder appearing in the registration books referred to
in Section 8 or, if to the Company, to its office maintained pursuant to Section
2.3.

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Section 8. SALE OF WARRANT OR SHARES.

      This Warrant shall be registered on the books of the Company, which shall
be kept by it at its principal office for that purpose and shall be transferable
only on said books by the registered Holder's duly authorized attorney upon
surrender of this Warrant properly endorsed.

Section 9. NO DIVIDENDS OR VOTING RIGHTS.

      Unless and until exercised, no provision of this Warrant shall be
construed as conferring upon Holder the right to receive dividends or to vote as
a stockholder of the Company.

Section 10. SURVIVAL.

      The provisions of Section 6 shall survive the termination or expiration of
this Warrant and shall continue to be effective with respect to Warrant Shares.

Section 11. MISCELLANEOUS.

      This Warrant shall be binding upon the Company and Holder and their legal
representatives, successors and assigns. In case any provision of this Warrant
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, or partially invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the provision shall be enforced to the extent, if any, that it
may legally be enforced and the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. This
Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated
only by a statement in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of
such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. The headings in this
Warrant are for purposes of reference only, and shall not limit or otherwise
affect any of the terms hereof. This Warrant shall take effect as an instrument
under seal.

Section 12. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to
conflict of laws provisions thereof.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed as
an instrument under seal by a duly authorized officer and attested by its
Secretary or Assistant Secretary.

Dated as of June 25, 2004

                                        Robotic Vision Systems, Inc.

                                        By:By: /s/ Jeffrey P. Lucas
                                              ----------------------------------
                                           Name: Jeffrey P. Lucas
Attest:                                    Title: Chief Financial Officer

      /s/ Patricia A. Kuehne
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Name: Patricia A. Kuehne
Title: Director of Shareholder Services

Signature Page to Common Stock Warrant

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                           FORM OF NOTICE OF EXERCISE

                   (To be signed only on exercise of Warrant)

TO: __________________

    __________________

    __________________

Vested Number as of the date hereof:                    ________________________
Warrant Shares previously acquired by the Holder:       ________________________
Vested Number of Warrant Shares remaining(1):           ________________________

      The undersigned, the holder of the within Warrant, hereby irrevocably
elects to exercise this Warrant for, and to receive thereunder ____________*
shares of Common Stock of Robotic Vision Systems, Inc., and requests that the
certificates for such shares be issued in the name of ____________________, and
delivered to ____________________________________________ whose address is
__________________________________________________.

Dated: _____________________

                                        (Signature must conform in all respects
                                        to name of Holder as specified on the
                                        face of the Warrant)

                                        ________________________________________

                                        (Address)

                                        ________________________________________

*     Insert here the number of shares of Common Stock as to which the Warrant
      is being exercised.

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(1)   The Vested Number may be increased from time to time depending on the
      amount of Revolving Advances ever outstanding, as provided in the
      definition of "Vested Number".

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                                    EXHIBIT B

                          FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION

                   (To be executed upon conversion of Warrant)

Vested Number as of the date hereof:                    ________________________
Warrant Shares previously acquired by the Holder:       ________________________
Vested Number of Warrant Shares remaining(2):           ________________________

      The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right,
represented by the Warrant delivered herewith, to convert ___________ shares
("Converted Shares") that may be purchased under the Warrant represented thereby
into _______ Warrant Shares* in accordance with the terms hereof and cash in the
amount of $________ in lieu of fractional shares, calculated as follows
(capitalized terms not defined in this notice are used as defined in the
Warrant):

     (______ Converted Shares x $_______ [Current Market Price Per share]) -
     (______ Converted Shares x Exercise Price [$______, as adjusted])
     = $_______ ["Value of Warrant to be Converted"]

     $_______ [Value of Warrant to be Converted] / $_______ [Current Market
     Price Per Share] = ______ Warrant Shares and ._____ fractional share x
     $_______ [Current Market Price Per Share].

      The undersigned requests that a certificate for such Warrant Shares be
registered in the name of __________________________ whose address is
_______________________________ and that such certificate be delivered to
_________________ whose address is ________________________. If said number of
Warrant Shares is less than all of the Warrant Shares obtainable hereunder, the
undersigned requests that a new Warrant representing the remaining balance of
the Warrant Shares be registered in the name of ___________________________
whose address is _________________________________ and that such Warrant be
delivered to ___________________ whose address is ______________________.

Signature:

________________________________________
(Signature must conform in all respects
to name of holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant.)

Date:_____________

*     Consisting of _____ shares of Common Stock

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(2)   The Vested Number may be increased from time to time depending on the
      amount of Revolving Advances ever outstanding, as provided in the
      definition of "Vested Number".

                                      A-2

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