Samsara Inc. has launched the Samsara 360 Camera and Samsara for Equipment, a dual-fisheye-lens, 360-degree AI camera system intended to extend the safety and operational visibility the company already provides for road fleets to equipment used in physical operations.
The company says the system targets machines such as excavators, forklifts and pushbacks that frontline workers operate on construction sites, in warehouses, mines and airports. These machines typically have open cabs and often work within feet of coworkers and other equipment, and Samsara argues that until now none of this equipment had a camera system built specifically for the job.
Without footage from the ground, the company says, incident investigations stalled, liability was disputed and the same unsafe behaviours could be repeated.
Single mount, 360-degree view
Traditional 360-degree systems for equipment require four cameras, four mounts and a separate recorder, according to Samsara. The Samsara 360 Camera is designed to capture a full 360-degree view from a single mount point, and managers can pan and zoom through any recorded event to review it from every angle. The unit installs like a Samsara dash cam and is built to withstand harsh weather and rough operating conditions, the company says.
"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." He said the camera was built 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 in the same way they do on the road.
AI detections and safety workflow
Samsara AI, which the company says is built on nearly a decade of Samsara AI Dash Cams, is intended to turn the footage into a safety program. According to Samsara, teams can use the system to:
- 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 occur: managers can see which operators, sites and equipment types show repeat risky behaviour, and every impact automatically pulls video into the Samsara Safety Inbox so investigations can be closed on evidence rather than 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, while timestamped footage can support insurance claims and help establish or clear liability.
One platform for equipment and fleets
Samsara for Equipment combines with the 360 Camera, equipment monitoring and Samsara agents on the same platform organisations use for their road fleets. Samsara says teams can see how long each forklift or excavator sits idling, schedule preventive maintenance on actual engine hours rather than the calendar, and see how many forklifts actually run at peak before buying more.
The company says its agents work with this equipment out of the box, so a fault code can open a work order automatically. And instead of a separate OEM portal for every equipment brand, every vehicle, piece of equipment and operator is intended to live on one platform.