We found that children in elementary school often experience stress during task performance. Limited coping skills and lack of stress awareness restrict children's ability to manage their stress. Many designs and studies have proposed different stress detection and intervention solutions. Still, they often overlook the potential of enhancing everyday objects and actively sensing stress-related behavioral data during human-product interaction. Therefore, we propose Petting pen as an interactive robotic object for children to manage their stress during task performance. It detects and validates stress and further intervenes in stress during a process of natural writing and relaxation interactions. The design is an iteration based on our previous research results of a stress-aware pen, enhanced with tactile needs, robotic interaction, and integration of behavioral and bio-sensing capabilities. Petting pen is supposed to bridge the gap between robots and everyday objects in mental health applications for children.

翻译：我们发现，小学生在任务执行过程中常面临压力。有限的应对技巧与压力认知不足，限制了儿童自主管理压力的能力。现有诸多设计与研究提出了不同的压力检测与干预方案，但往往忽视了通过增强日常物品功能、在人机交互过程中主动感知压力相关行为数据的潜力。为此，我们提出“宠物笔”——一种供儿童在任务执行过程中管理压力的交互式机器人化物品。该设计能在自然书写与放松交互过程中检测、验证压力状态，并实施压力干预。本设计基于我们前期研发的压力感知笔迭代而成，通过融合触觉需求、机器人交互技术以及行为与生物传感能力进行了功能增强。宠物笔旨在弥合心理健康应用中机器人设备与日常物品在儿童使用场景中的鸿沟。