▁new ▁initi atives , ▁and ▁educ ating ▁young ▁research ers . ▁Raj ko ▁Tom ović ▁spent ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁contrib uting ▁greatly ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁new ▁views ▁and ▁methods ▁in ▁robot ics , ▁bi omed ical ▁engineering , ▁and ▁computer ▁sciences . ▁During ▁this ▁period ▁he ▁built ▁very ▁strong ▁lif el ong ▁last ing ▁co operation ▁with ▁scient ists ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁( U CLA ), ▁University ▁of ▁Southern ▁California ▁( US C ), ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁Ohio ▁State ▁University , ▁Columb us , ▁Ohio , ▁and ▁many ▁other ▁research ▁institutions . ▁His ▁contacts ▁and ▁communication ▁spread ▁over ▁Canada , ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union , ▁Poland , ▁Czech oslov ak ia , ▁Hung ary , ▁Bulg aria , ▁France , ▁Germany , ▁Greece , ▁Italy , ▁and ▁many ▁other ▁countries . ▁It ▁is ▁striking ▁that ▁anybody ▁who ▁has ▁contacts ▁with ▁people ▁from ▁the ▁World ▁of ▁Science ▁would ▁be ▁asked ▁about ▁Raj ko ▁Tom ović ▁when ▁mention ing ▁Engineering ▁and ▁Bel grade ▁University . ▁It ▁is ▁difficult ▁to ▁find ▁a ▁research ▁institution ▁involved ▁in ▁robot ics , ▁re h abil itation ▁engineering , ▁and ▁computer ▁sciences ▁that ▁in ▁some ▁way ▁was ▁not ▁connected ▁to ▁Raj ko ▁Tom ović . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁chief ▁of ▁project ▁C ER - 1 0 , ▁the ▁first ▁Ser bian ▁digital ▁computer ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁ ▁Academy ▁of ▁Science ▁members hips ▁ ▁Based ▁in ▁his ▁research ▁results ▁and ▁contribution ▁to ▁the