Samsara Inc. has introduced the Samsara 360 Camera alongside Samsara Equipment, a dual-fisheye-lens, 360-degree AI camera intended to extend the safety and operational visibility the company already provides for road fleets to equipment working in demanding physical environments.
The target machines — excavators, forklifts and pushbacks on construction sites, in warehouses, mines and at airports — typically have open cabs and are worked within feet of coworkers and other equipment. Samsara says that until now none of that equipment had a camera system built 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.
A single mount instead of four cameras
Conventional 360-degree systems for equipment require four cameras, four mounts and a separate recorder, according to the company. The Samsara 360 Camera captures a full 360-degree view from a single mount point, and managers can pan and zoom through any recorded event to view it from every angle. It installs like a Samsara dash cam and is built to withstand harsh weather and rough operating conditions.
"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. He said the machines have open cabs, no windshield, no roof and hazards on every side, and that 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 the same way they do on the road.
AI detections and follow-up
The camera feeds Samsara AI, which the company says is built on nearly a decade of its AI Dash Cams. Detections flag mobile phone use, camera obstruction, seat and lap belt use and harsh impacts, trained on how equipment is actually operated, according to Samsara.
Managers can use that information to see which operators, sites and equipment types show repeat risky behaviour. When an impact occurs, video is automatically pulled into the Samsara Safety Inbox, which Samsara says lets investigations close on evidence rather than competing accounts. Teams can coach operators using their own footage, enforce zero-tolerance mobile phone policies and speed up OSHA investigations without adding headcount; timestamped footage can also support insurance claims and help establish or clear liability quickly.
Fleet and equipment on one platform
Samsara for Equipment places 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 by actual engine hours rather than by the calendar, and check how many forklifts actually run at peak before buying more. Samsara agents work with the 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 sits on one platform.