System having a flexible surface material, sensor or signal elements, a control device or a control unit, actuators or actuating elements and a circuit connecting them, wherein the sensor or signal elements are integrated in the flexible surface material, wherein the actuators or actuating elements are operatively connected to the surface material, - wherein both the sensor or signal elements and the actuators or actuating elements are each assigned to restricted regions of the surface material, - wherein the sensor or signal elements are connected to input channels of the electronic control device or control unit and the actuators or actuating elements are connected to output channels of the electronic control device or control unit in such a manner that sensor signals can be transmitted from the sensor or signal elements to the electronic control device or control unit and actuating signals can be transmitted from the electronic control device or control unit to the actuators or actuating elements, - wherein the sensor or signal elements are designed and arranged in such a manner that state variables of the restricted regions of the surface material, which state variables can be changed by external effects, can be detected and can be transmitted as corresponding sensor signals to the control device or control unit, - wherein the actuators or actuating elements are arranged in such a manner that the surface material or its state variables can be changed in the restricted regions by the actuators or actuating elements activated on the basis of the actuating signals, wherein the actuating signals can be generated on the basis of the sensor signals in the control device or control unit according to predefined algorithms, characterized in that the surface material has a textile structure in the form of a textile knitted fabric or woven fabric, wherein the sensor or signal elements integrated in the surface material are in the form of conductive threads inside the textile structure, which, in interaction with one another, react inductively, capacitively or triboelectrically to state changes of the restricted regions. - wherein both the sensor or signal elements and the actuators or actuating elements are each assigned to restricted regions of the surface material, - wherein the sensor or signal elements are connected to input channels of the electronic control device or control unit and the actuators or actuating elements are connected to output channels of the electronic control device or control unit in such a manner that sensor signals can be transmitted from the sensor or signal elements to the electronic control device or control unit and actuating signals can be transmitted from the electronic control device or control unit to the actuators or actuating elements, - wherein the sensor or signal elements are designed and arranged in such a manner that state variables of the restricted regions of the surface material, which state variables can be changed by external effects, can be detected and can be transmitted as corresponding sensor signals to the control device or control unit, - wherein the actuators or actuating elements are arranged in such a manner that the surface material or its state variables can be changed in the restricted regions by the actuators or actuating elements activated on the basis of the actuating signals, wherein the actuating signals can be generated on the basis of the sensor signals in the control device or control unit according to predefined algorithms, characterized in that the surface material has a textile structure in the form of a textile knitted fabric or woven fabric, wherein the sensor or signal elements integrated in the surface material are in the form of conductive threads inside the textile structure, which, in interaction with one another, react inductively, capacitively or triboelectrically to state changes of the restricted regions.