A sensor array system comprising: a plurality of elongated strips of a flexible substrate material that extend from a first end to terminate in a second end spaced therefrom by a length of the substrate material having spaced apart side edges, adjacent pairs of the plurality of elongated strips being interconnected to each other via connecting elements that extend between the adjacent pairs of the plurality of elongated strips to maintain a spatial relationship of the interconnected strips; a plurality of electrically conductive sensors connected with and distributed along the length of each of the plurality of elongated strips to provide a column of sensors along each respective strip between the first and second ends of each respective strip; and electrically conductive paths extending from each of the conductive sensors through a respective strip to which it is connected and terminating in a corresponding connector located near the first end of each respective strip, wherein at least one of the plurality of elongated strips comprising a pair of adjacent strip portions (32, 34) connected together and spaced apart from each other along a length thereof by strip connecting elements that form spatial voids between the strip connecting elements, wherein sensors in at least one adjacent pair of the plurality of elongated strips extend away from the respective strip portion toward each other to define a sensor pair, sensors in each sensor pair being connected together by an elongated sensor connecting element extending therebetween, and wherein at least some of the sensor connecting elements comprise breakable extensions or tabs. a plurality of elongated strips of a flexible substrate material that extend from a first end to terminate in a second end spaced therefrom by a length of the substrate material having spaced apart side edges, adjacent pairs of the plurality of elongated strips being interconnected to each other via connecting elements that extend between the adjacent pairs of the plurality of elongated strips to maintain a spatial relationship of the interconnected strips; a plurality of electrically conductive sensors connected with and distributed along the length of each of the plurality of elongated strips to provide a column of sensors along each respective strip between the first and second ends of each respective strip; and electrically conductive paths extending from each of the conductive sensors through a respective strip to which it is connected and terminating in a corresponding connector located near the first end of each respective strip, wherein at least one of the plurality of elongated strips comprising a pair of adjacent strip portions (32, 34) connected together and spaced apart from each other along a length thereof by strip connecting elements that form spatial voids between the strip connecting elements, wherein sensors in at least one adjacent pair of the plurality of elongated strips extend away from the respective strip portion toward each other to define a sensor pair, sensors in each sensor pair being connected together by an elongated sensor connecting element extending therebetween, and wherein at least some of the sensor connecting elements comprise breakable extensions or tabs.