Samsara Inc. has introduced a 360-degree AI camera designed for the equipment that frontline workers operate in physical operations, extending the company's fleet safety and visibility tools to machines that have historically run without purpose-built camera systems.
The offering combines Samsara Equipment with the Samsara 360 Camera, a dual-fisheye lens device that captures a full 360-degree view. According to the company, the system brings the AI safety and operational visibility that organizations already use on road fleets to equipment working in demanding environments such as construction sites, warehouses, mines and airports.
Samsara said frontline workers operate excavators, forklifts and similar machines with open cabs, often within feet of coworkers and other equipment. Without footage recorded from the ground, the company argues, incident investigations stalled, liability was disputed, and the same unsafe behavior could be repeated.
Single-mount design
Traditional 360-degree systems for equipment require four cameras, four mounts and a separate recorder. Samsara said its 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. The unit installs like a Samsara dash cam and, the company said, is built to withstand harsh weather and rough operating conditions.
David Gal, vice president of product and engineering at Samsara, said the frontline workers who operate forklifts, excavators and ground equipment do some of the riskiest work in physical operations. He noted that these machines have open cabs, no windshield and no roof, with hazards on every side, and said the camera was built to work in those conditions and see all the way around the operator.
AI detections and safety workflow
Samsara AI, which the company said is built on nearly a decade of its AI Dash Cams, turns the footage into a safety program. With the 360 Camera, teams can:
- See every angle of risk: AI detections flag mobile phone use, obstructed cameras, seat and lap belt use, and harsh impacts, with models trained on how the equipment is actually operated.
- Understand where risks are happening: managers can see which operators, sites and equipment types show repeat risky behavior, and every impact automatically routes video to the Samsara Safety Inbox so investigations rest on evidence rather than competing accounts.
- Act before it happens again: managers coach operators using their own footage, enforce zero-tolerance mobile phone policies and speed up OSHA investigations without adding headcount, while timestamped video supports insurance claims and helps establish or clear liability.
Equipment monitoring on one platform
Samsara for Equipment combines with the 360 Camera, 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 on actual engine hours instead of the calendar, and see how many forklifts actually run at peak before buying more.
Samsara said its agents work with the 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, the company said, every vehicle, piece of equipment and operator lives on one platform. The company is based at 1 De Haro St., San Francisco.