. ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁Raj ko ▁Tom ović ▁joined ▁the ▁Fac ulty ▁of ▁Elect rical ▁Engineering ▁in ▁Bel grade ▁at ▁the ▁Department ▁for ▁Autom atic ▁Control . ▁While ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁Raj ko ▁started ▁programs ▁in ▁robot ics , ▁information ▁techn ologies ▁in ▁medicine , ▁bio - med ical ▁engineering , ▁re h abil itation ▁engineering , ▁artificial ▁org ans , ▁and ▁many ▁other ▁important ▁discipl ines ▁that ▁are ▁reaching ▁m atur ity ▁today . ▁The ▁first ▁artificial ▁hand ▁with ▁five ▁fingers ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁was ▁made ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 . ▁year , ▁precisely ▁in ▁Bel grade . ▁It ▁was ▁made ▁an ▁academ ician ▁Raj ko ▁Tom ov ic ▁associ ates . ▁This ▁so - called ▁Bel grade ' s ▁hands ▁now ▁in ▁the ▁Museum ▁of ▁robot ics ▁in ▁Boston , ▁and ▁the ▁Museum ▁of ▁robot ics ▁in ▁Moscow ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁machine ▁designed ▁for ▁walking ▁dis ability ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 ., ▁also ▁in ▁Bel grade . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁so - called ▁external ▁ske leton . ▁Hand ic raft ▁is ▁academ ics ▁Mi om ira ▁V uk ob rat ović ▁and ▁his ▁team . ▁Raj ko ▁Tom ović ▁retired ▁from ▁off - ▁c ia 1 ▁duties ▁at ▁the ▁Fac ulty ▁of ▁Elect rical ▁Engineering , ▁yet ▁he ▁never ▁stopped ▁being ▁engaged ▁in ▁various ▁projects , ▁student ▁super vis ions ▁at ▁both ▁the ▁Fac ulty ▁of ▁Elect rical ▁Engineering ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences ▁and ▁Arts ▁of ▁Ser bia ▁S AN U ▁developing