Exhibit 99.1

Joel Slutzky Announces His Retirement as CEO of Odetics

ANAHEIM, Calif.--February 7, 2002--Joel Slutzky, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Odetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ODETA & ODETB) announced his
retirement today. Mr. Slutzky will turn over the Chief Executive Officer role to
Greg Miner, the current Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Slutzky will continue on as
Chairman of the Board.

"I am pleased to be able to turn the reins over to Greg," said Mr. Slutzky. "He
has proven himself over the last year, leading the company's transition from
investment driven to profit driven. A year ago, Odetics was investing heavily
and lost $16.7 million in the third quarter of Fiscal 2001. Greg was tasked to
move the company to profitability. In the third quarter of Fiscal 2002, Odetics
operating loss was reduced to $2.3 million."

"Retirement will allow me to focus on supporting MAXxess Systems," continued
Slutzky. "I am very enthused about MAXxess' future. MAXxess is pioneering the
new level 4, environmental security systems. These environmental security
systems provide layered security, defend against multiple threats, including
explosives and chemical warfare agents, and extend the boundaries of security as
far from the target as possible. I believe that MAXxess' success will not only
be important for Odetics, it will be an important element for our Homeland
Security."

About Odetics

Odetics provides products and systems that employ information technology to
control the use of public roadways, secure ingress and egress of public and
private facilities, and secure the delivery of digital communications. Odetics
Inc. is headquartered in Anaheim, California and may be contacted at
714-774-5000 or Odetics and the web sites of each of its subsidiaries at
www.odetics.com.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

This news release contains statements that may be deemed to be forward looking.
These forward-looking statements may include statements about revenue growth,
profit margins, the effect of cost-reduction measures, and other statements
relating to the operating results of Odetics or its subsidiaries. Actual results
could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements
as a result of risk factors such as: short product lives, technological shifts,
current technical issues that cannot be resolved on a timely basis, component
availability, competition (including new and directly competitive products from
others), pricing pressures, incorrect assumptions regarding market demand, the
significant uncertainty of market acceptance of new products by both
distributors and end-user customers, unanticipated capital requirements,
retention of key personnel, general economic conditions, the inability of the
company to execute its strategy including the completion of both private and
public equity financings of is subsidiaries, and other factors identified in the
Odetics' Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Investors are strongly encouraged to review the risk factors set forth in the
Odetics most recent SEC filings.