Samsara Inc. has launched a camera and equipment-monitoring package aimed at machines that work in construction, warehousing, mining and airport operations. The Samsara 360 Camera is a dual-fisheye-lens, 360-degree AI camera; combined with Samsara Equipment, it is intended to extend the safety and operational visibility the company already provides for road fleets to equipment in demanding physical environments.
The company frames the product around a specific gap. Frontline workers run excavators, forklifts and pushbacks with open cabs, often within feet of co-workers and other equipment. According to Samsara, 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 behaviors could be repeated.
David Gal, Samsara’s vice president of product and engineering, said the frontline workers who operate forklifts, excavators and ground equipment do some of the riskiest work in physical operations. He described those machines as having open cabs, no windshield and no roof, with hazards on every side. Gal said Samsara built a camera durable enough for those conditions and able to see all the way around the operator, so customers can protect workers on warehouse floors, job sites and ramps in the same way they do on the road.
The hardware approach differs from traditional equipment camera systems. Samsara says conventional 360-degree setups need four cameras, four mounts and a separate recorder. The Samsara 360 Camera is designed to capture a full 360-degree view from one mounting point, and managers can pan and zoom through any recorded event to review it from multiple angles. It installs like a Samsara dash cam and is built to withstand harsh weather and rough operating conditions, according to the company.
Samsara AI, which the company says is built on nearly a decade of Samsara AI Dash Cams, is meant to turn the footage into a safety program. The system’s detections flag mobile phone use, camera obstruction, seat and lap belt use and harsh impacts, trained on how equipment is actually operated. Managers can see which operators, sites and equipment types show repeated risky behavior. When an impact occurs, video is automatically pulled into the Samsara Safety Inbox, which Samsara says allows investigations to close on evidence rather than competing accounts.
The company also positions the camera as a tool for prevention and follow-up. Managers can coach operators using their own footage, enforce zero-tolerance mobile phone policies and speed up OSHA investigations without adding headcount, according to Samsara. Timestamped footage is intended to support insurance claims and help establish or clear liability quickly.
On the operational side, Samsara for Equipment combines 360 Camera monitoring and Samsara agents on the same platform the company offers for 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 says its agents work with this equipment out of the box, so a fault code can open a work order automatically. The platform is also intended to replace separate OEM portals for each equipment brand, keeping every vehicle, piece of equipment and operator on one system.