<s>
Rajko	B-Device
Tomović	I-Device
(	O
1919	O
–	O
2001	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
Serbian	O
and	O
Yugoslav	O
scientist	O
,	O
who	O
developed	O
research	O
programs	O
in	O
robotics	O
,	O
medical	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
,	O
biomedical	O
engineering	O
,	O
rehabilitation	O
engineering	O
,	O
artificial	O
organs	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
disciplines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rajko	B-Device
Tomović	I-Device
was	O
born	O
in	O
Baja	O
,	O
Hungary	O
,	O
in	O
1919	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
main	O
interests	O
during	O
the	O
"	O
Vinča	O
period	O
"	O
were	O
analog	O
computers	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
greatly	O
contributed	O
to	O
first	O
analog	O
,	O
digital	B-General_Concept
and	O
hybrid	B-Device
computers	I-Device
ever	O
built	O
in	O
Vinča	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1962	O
,	O
Rajko	B-Device
Tomović	I-Device
joined	O
the	O
Faculty	O
of	O
Electrical	O
Engineering	O
in	O
Belgrade	O
at	O
the	O
Department	O
for	O
Automatic	O
Control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
,	O
Tomović	O
started	O
programs	O
in	O
robotics	O
,	O
information	B-General_Concept
technologies	I-General_Concept
in	O
medicine	O
,	O
bio-medical	O
engineering	O
,	O
rehabilitation	O
engineering	O
,	O
artificial	O
organs	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
important	O
disciplines	O
that	O
are	O
reaching	O
maturity	O
today	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rajko	B-Device
Tomović	I-Device
spent	O
time	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
contributing	O
greatly	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
new	O
views	O
and	O
methods	O
in	O
robotics	O
,	O
biomedical	O
engineering	O
,	O
and	O
computer	O
sciences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
a	O
chief	O
of	O
project	O
CER-10	B-Device
,	O
the	O
first	O
Yugoslav	O
digital	B-General_Concept
computer	O
from	O
1960	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tomović	O
participated	O
in	O
and	O
contributed	O
to	O
many	O
designs	O
and	O
development	O
projects	O
including	O
the	O
first	O
analog	O
and	O
digital	B-General_Concept
computers	O
for	O
the	O
Yugoslav	O
army	O
and	O
defense	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rajko	B-Device
Tomović	I-Device
was	O
constantly	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
organization	O
of	O
scientific	O
and	O
engineering	O
meetings	O
,	O
summer	O
schools	O
,	O
and	O
workshops	O
that	O
took	O
place	O
in	O
Yugoslavia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
students	O
of	O
Rajko	B-Device
Tomović	I-Device
became	O
world	O
renowned	O
experts	O
in	O
their	O
fields	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1984	O
,	O
Dr.	O
Norman	O
Kaplan	O
,	O
Director	O
of	O
the	O
National	O
Science	O
Foundation	O
,	O
Washington	O
,	O
D.C.	O
,	O
gave	O
an	O
interesting	O
,	O
very	O
valid	O
depiction	O
of	O
Rajko	B-Device
Tomović	I-Device
's	O
personality	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
a	O
renaissance	O
scientist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
wrote	O
many	O
invited	O
encyclopedia	O
chapters	O
and	O
authored	O
other	O
books	O
dealing	O
with	O
robotics	O
,	O
biomedical	O
engineering	O
,	O
and	O
automation	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
little	O
pillow	O
in	O
front	O
of	O
the	O
CD	B-Device
player	I-Device
and	O
old	O
gramophone	O
,	O
a	O
large	O
collection	O
of	O
CDs	O
and	O
LP	O
records	O
,	O
and	O
headphones	O
that	O
can	O
eliminate	O
daily	O
noise	O
,	O
were	O
all	O
parts	O
of	O
his	O
living	O
room	O
furniture	O
.	O
</s>
