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Many factors influence perceived usability of robots, including attributes of the human user, the environment, and the robot itself. Traditionally, the primary focus of research has been on performance-based characteristics of the robot for the purposes of classification, design, and understanding human-robot trust. In this work, we examine the human perceptions of the aesthetic dimensions of a variety of robot domains to gain insight into the impact of physical form on perceived trustworthiness that occurs prior to human-robot interaction. Results show that the physical form does matter when predicting initial trustworthiness of a robot, primarily through the perceived intelligence and classification of the robot.