Abbas Nasrabadi, Mahdi Vaezi, Vision Based Component Identification with Template Matching and Vector Classification, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Volume 10,Issue 9, 2015, Pages 270-276, ISSN 1816-949x, jeasci.2015.270.276, (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2015.270.276) Abstract: The paradigm of fully automated product assembly and manufacturing is yet far away from the practice and one of the essential infrastructures for this idea is the component identification and recognition system which is best to be done visually. At this study, we present a template matching system which is able to discover the presence and confirm the existence of certain components on the line. Keywords: Component recognition;computer vision;template matching;infrastructures;identification