Samsara Inc. has introduced a new 360-degree AI camera for equipment, aiming to extend the safety and operational visibility it provides for road fleets to machines working in demanding environments. The product combines the Samsara Equipment platform with the Samsara 360 Camera, a dual-fisheye lens device that captures a full 360-degree view from a single mount point.
Frontline workers on construction sites, warehouses, mines and airports operate excavators, forklifts and other equipment with open cabs, often within feet of co-workers and other machinery. Until now, none of that equipment had a camera system built for the job. Without footage from the ground, incident investigations stalled, liability was disputed, and the same unsafe behaviors could be repeated, according to Samsara.
“The frontline workers operating forklifts, excavators and ground equipment do some of the riskiest work in physical operations,” said David Gal, vice president of product and engineering at Samsara. “These machines have open cabs, no windshield, no roof, and hazards on every side. We built a camera tough enough to work in those conditions and see all the way around the operator, so customers can protect frontline workers on the warehouse floor, the job site, and the ramp the same way they do on the road.”
Traditional 360-degree systems for equipment require four cameras, four mounts and a separate recorder. The Samsara 360 Camera captures a full view from one mount point, and managers can pan and zoom through any recorded event to watch it from every angle. It installs like a Samsara dash cam and is built to withstand harsh weather and rough operating conditions.
AI turns footage into a safety program
Samsara AI, built on nearly a decade of Samsara AI Dash Cams, processes the camera footage to support safety workflows. With the 360 Camera, teams can:
- See every angle of risk: AI detections flag mobile phone use, camera obstruction, seat and lap belt use, and harsh impacts, trained on how equipment is actually operated.
- Understand where risks are happening: Managers can see which operators, sites and equipment types show repeat risky behavior. When an incident occurs, every impact automatically pulls video into the Samsara Safety Inbox, so investigations close on evidence instead of competing accounts.
- Act before it happens again: Managers can coach operators using their own footage, enforce zero-tolerance mobile phone policies, and speed up OSHA investigations without adding headcount. Timestamped footage supports insurance claims and helps establish or clear liability quickly.
Integrated equipment management
Samsara for Equipment combines the 360 Camera with equipment monitoring and agents on the same platform organizations use for their road fleets. Teams can see how long each forklift or excavator sits idling, schedule preventive maintenance based on actual engine hours instead of the calendar, and see how many forklifts actually run at peak before buying more. Samsara agents work with this equipment out of the box, so a fault code can open a work order automatically. Instead of a separate OEM portal for every equipment brand, every vehicle, piece of equipment and operator lives on one platform.