Samsara Inc. has introduced a 360-degree AI camera built for equipment used in construction, warehousing, mining and airport operations, extending the safety and visibility tools the company already sells for road fleets to machines working in harsher conditions.
The Samsara 360 Camera uses a dual-fisheye lens to capture a full surround view from one mounting point. According to the company, conventional 360-degree systems for equipment require four cameras, four mounts and a separate recorder, while its unit installs in the same way as a Samsara dash cam and is built to withstand severe weather and rough operating conditions.
Designed around open-cab machines
The product is framed around frontline workers who operate forklifts, excavators and other ground equipment, frequently with open cabs, no windshield or roof, and hazards on every side. Without footage recorded at ground level, Samsara argues, incident investigations stall, liability is disputed and the same unsafe behaviours can repeat.
David Gal, vice president of product and engineering at Samsara, said the machines used by these workers have open cabs 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 staff on the warehouse floor, the job site and the ramp the same way they do on the road.
What the AI is trained to flag
The camera feeds Samsara AI, which the company says draws on nearly a decade of development behind its AI dash cams. Managers can pan and zoom through any recorded event to watch it from every angle. Detections are trained on how equipment is actually operated and flag mobile phone use, camera obstruction, seat and lap belt use, and harsh impacts.
Beyond single events, managers can see which operators, sites and equipment types show repeated risky behaviour. Every impact automatically pulls video into the Samsara Safety Inbox, so investigations close on evidence rather than competing accounts. The company positions this as support for coaching operators on their own footage, enforcing zero-tolerance mobile phone policies, and completing OSHA investigations and insurance claims with timestamped video.
Sharing one platform with fleets
The camera is offered alongside Samsara for Equipment, which runs on the same platform organizations use for their road fleets. Teams can track how long each forklift or excavator sits idling, schedule preventive maintenance on actual engine hours instead of the calendar, and check how many forklifts really 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 vehicles, equipment and operators are managed in one system rather than a separate OEM portal for each brand.
The announcement did not include availability or pricing details.