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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                  FORM 10-K/A
                               AMENDMENT NO.2 TO

             [X]  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                  THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                   For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996.


                         Commission file number 0-10605

                                 ODETICS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

              Delaware                                     95-2588496
   (State of or Other Jurisdiction of                 (I.R.S. Employer
    Incorporation or Organization)                     Identification No.)

  1515 South Manchester Avenue, Anaheim, CA                   92802
   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                (Zip Code)

                                (714) 774-5000
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

          Securities Registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
                                     None

          Securities Registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                              Title of Each Class

                      Class A Common Stock, $.10 par value

                      Class B Common Stock, $.10 par value


   Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
filing requirements for the past 90 days.
   YES     X        NO 
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   The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the
registrant as of June 19, 1996 was approximately $22,750,000.

   Check mark indicates that disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K [_].

   As of June 20, 1996, there were 5,111,472 shares of registrant's Class A
Common Stock and 1,139,431 shares of registrant's Class B Common Stock
outstanding.

   The following documents are incorporated by reference into this report:

   Part III incorporates by reference information from the proxy statement of
the registrant for the annual meeting of stockholders to be held on September
27, 1996.

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   The exhibit index to this report appears at page 37 of 43 consecutively
numbered pages.


 
                                   SIGNATURES


      Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                            ODETICS, INC.



August 27, 1996             By  /s/ JOEL SLUTZKY
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                                Joel Slutzky, Chief Executive Officer



      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature Capacity Date --------- -------- ---- /s/ JOEL SLUTZKY Chief Executive Officer, and August 27, 1996 - ----------------------------- Director Joel Slutzky /s/ GREGORY A. MINER Vice President and August 27, 1996 - ----------------------------- Chief Financial Officer Gregory A. Miner /s/ CRANDALL GUDMUNDSON President and August 27, 1996 - ----------------------------- Director Crandall Gudmundson /s/ JERRY MUENCH Vice President and August 27, 1996 - ----------------------------- Director Jerry Muench /s/ KEVIN C. DALY President, ATL and August 27, 1996 - ----------------------------- Director Kevin C. Daly /s/ GARY SMITH Vice President and Controller August 27, 1996 - ----------------------------- (Principal Accounting Officer) Gary Smith /s/ RALPH R. MICKELSON Director August 27, 1996 - ----------------------------- Ralph R. Mickelson /s/ STANLEY MOLASKY Director August 27, 1996 - ----------------------------- Stanley Molasky /s/ LEO WEXLER Director August 27, 1996 - ----------------------------- Leo Wexler /s/ PAUL WRIGHT Director August 27, 1996 - ----------------------------- Paul Wright
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5 1,000 12-MOS MAR-31-1996 APR-01-1995 MAR-31-1996 1,142 0 24,772 0 22,720 55,700 44,557 (22,950) 78,811 25,310 0 0 0 610 30,375 78,811 104,627 104,627 67,772 67,772 30,651 0 2,247 3,957 1,504 0 0 0 0 2,453 .40 .40