This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/trust-and-acceptance-of-social-robots-references. Examining how first impressions and trustworthiness influence trust and acceptance of social robots, through a study on the social robot Pepper with 239 people. Check more stories related to futurism at: https://hackernoon.com/c/futurism. You can also check exclusive content about #robots, #social-robots, #robot-trustworthiness, #human-robot-interaction, #robot-technology-acceptance, #pepper-robot, #robot-behavioral-intention, #robot-mediation-analysis, and more. This story was written by: @netizenship. Learn more about this writer by checking @netizenship's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. This article is a collaboration between the Annenberg School for Communication and the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. The authors will be presenting their findings at the 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction in New York, NY.