UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

                  Under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

                             (Amendment No. _____)*


                                  Odetics, Inc.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                                  Common Stock
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    676065204
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                                 (CUSIP Number)

                                  Sherry Tejeda
                             11150 Santa Monica Blvd
                                    Suite 750
                              Los Angeles, CA 90025
                                 (310) 966-1444
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                  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

                                  July 31, 2003
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             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of This Statement)

     If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to
report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing
this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the
following box [X_].

          Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original
     and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for
     other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

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*    The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
     person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
     securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which
     would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

     The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).




CUSIP No. 676065204                    13D                   Page 2 of 5 Pages

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1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
     I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

     SACC Partners LP; Riley Investment Management LLC; B. Riley & Co., Inc.;
     Bryant R. Riley
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2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                                      (a) [_]
                                                                      (b) [X]
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3    SEC USE ONLY


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4    SOURCE OF FUNDS*

     WC
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5    CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
     PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)                                   [_]


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6    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

     United States
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               7    SOLE VOTING POWER

  NUMBER OF
                    2,832,559
   SHARES      _________________________________________________________________
               8    SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY

  OWNED BY          -0-
               _________________________________________________________________
    EACH       9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

  REPORTING
                    2,832,559
   PERSON      _________________________________________________________________
               10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
    WITH

                    -0-
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11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON


     2,832,512
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12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

                                                                      [_]

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13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)


     16.13%
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14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*


     PN, IA, BD, IN
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                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!






CUSIP No. 676065204                   13D                   Page 3 of 5 Pages


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Item 1.  Security and Issuer.

     Common Stock of Odetics, Inc.
     151 South Manchester Avenue
     Anaheim, CA 92802

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Item 2.  Identity and Background.

     (a)  SACC Partners LP (Delaware limited partnership) Riley Investment
          Management LLC (Delaware limited liability company) B. Riley & Co.,
          Inc. (Delaware corporation) Bryant R. Riley (individual residing in
          California)

     (b)  11150 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 750 Los Angeles, CA 90025

     (c)  Mr. Riley owns all of the outstanding shares of B. Riley & Co., Inc.
          ("BRC"), an NASD member broker-dealer. Mr. Riley also manages and owns
          all of the outstanding membership interests of Riley Investment
          Management LLC ("RIM"), a California registered investment adviser.
          RIM is the investment adviser to and general partner of SACC Partners
          LP ("SACC"). Each entity is located at the address specified in (b)
          above.

     (d)  None

     (e)  None

     (f)  United States

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Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

     SACC's purchases were made with SACC partnership funds. BRC's purchases
     were made with BRC corporate funds. Mr. Riley's purchases were made with
     personal funds.

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Item 4.  Purpose of Transaction.

     SACC, BRC and Mr. Riley acquired the issuer's shares for investment
     purposes.

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Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

     (a)  SACC owns 1,833,333 shares of Odetics' common stock. Because RIM has
          sole voting and investment power over SACC's security holdings and Mr.
          Riley, in his role as the sole manager of RIM, controls RIM's voting
          and investment decisions, each of SACC, RIM and Mr. Riley may be
          deemed to have beneficial ownership of the 458,568 shares held by
          SACC, representing approximately 10.44% of Odetics' outstanding stock.

          BRC owns 665,893 shares of Odetics' common stock. Because Mr. Riley
          has sole voting and investment power over BRC's security holdings,
          both BRC and Mr. Riley may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of
          the 121,944 shares of Odetics' common stock, representing
          approximately 3.79% of Odetics' outstanding stock.



CUSIP No. 676065204                   13D                   Page 4 of 5 Pages

          Mr. Riley personally owns 333,333 shares of Odetics' common stock,
          representing approximately 1.90% of Odetics' common stock.

          To summarize, Mr. Riley may be deemed to beneficially own a total of
          2,832,559 shares of Odetics common stock (16.13%) through his
          relationships with SACC, RIM and BRC.

     (b)  With respect to all of the shares that are held by each of SACC and
          BRC, Mr. Riley has sole power to vote and dispose or direct the
          disposition of the shares

     (c)  Please see Exhibit A for SACC's, BRC's and Mr. Riley's transactions
          within the past sixty (60) days.

     (d)  None

     (e)  Not applicable

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Item 6.  Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect
         to Securities of the Issuer.

     The relationships between Mr. Riley, SACC, RIM and BRC are described above
     under Item 2(c) above. There is no written agreement among the reporting
     parties regarding the Odetics shares.

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Item 7.  Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

     There are no written agreements amongst the parties relating to the filing
     of this joint acquisition statement, nor are there any written agreements,
     contracts, arrangements, understandings, plans or proposals relating to (1)
     the borrowing of funds to finance the acquisition of shares, (2) the
     acquisition of issuer control, liquidation, sale of assets, merger, or
     change in business or corporate structure or any matter disclosed in Item
     4, or (3) the transfer or voting of securities, finder's fees, joint
     ventures, options puts, calls, guarantees of loans, guarantees against loss
     or of profit, or the giving or withholding of any proxy.

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                                    SIGNATURE


     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.

Date: August 25, 2003


                                   SACC PARTNERS LP

                                   By: Riley Investment Management LLC,
                                   its General Partner

                                   By: /s/ Bryant R. Riley
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                                   Bryant R. Riley, President


                                   RILEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC

                                   By: /s/ Bryant R. Riley
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                                   Bryant R. Riley, President


                                   B. RILEY & CO., INC. By: /s/ Bryant R. Riley
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                                   Bryant R. Riley, CEO


                                   By: /s/ Bryant R. Riley
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                                   Bryant R. Riley




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criminal violations (see 18 U.S.C. 1001).