Pressure sensing mat

A generally flexible pressure sensing mat, comprising

• a first carrier foil and a second carrier foil arranged at a certain distance from each other by means of a spacer,
• a plurality of cells, each cell being defined by a respective opening of said spacer,
• at least two electrodes arranged in each cell between said first and second carrier foils,
• wherein, in response to a pressure acting on the pressure sensing mat at a cell, the first and second carrier foils are pressed together, thereby causing variation of an electrical resistance between the at least two electrodes of said cell, wherein
• said pressure sensing mat further comprises at least one rigidifying element, said least one rigidifying element being arranged substantially concentrically with a cell in such a way as to locally reduce flexibility of said pressure sensing mat at said cell, the diameter of said rigidifying element exceeding the diameter of said cell by between 5 and 50%.