Samsara Launches 360-Degree AI Camera for Open-Cab Heavy Equipment

This single-mount dual-fisheye camera enables fleet managers to monitor open-cab machinery, automate work orders from fault codes, and schedule maintenance by engine hours.

Samsara Inc. announced today the launch of Samsara for Equipment and the ruggedized Samsara 360 Camera, a single-mount artificial intelligence (AI) camera engineered for open-cab equipment. Equipped with dual fisheye lenses, the unit captures a full 360-degree field of view around excavators, forklifts, and airport ramp tractors, eliminating the four separate cameras, multiple mounts, and external recorders required by legacy systems.

Powered by AI models trained on heavy equipment operations, the system automatically flags mobile phone use, seat belt compliance, camera obstruction, and harsh impacts. When an impact occurs, timestamped footage is routed directly to a centralized safety inbox, enabling managers to pan and zoom across angles to resolve liability disputes and support insurance claims. Integrating this hardware into existing road-fleet portals allows maintenance supervisors to monitor idling durations and trigger preventative service schedules based on actual engine hours rather than fixed calendar intervals.

According to David Gal, Vice President of Product and Engineering at Samsara, open-cab operators face constant surrounding hazards without the protection of a windshield or roof. The connected platform also converts incoming engine fault codes directly into automated maintenance work orders, consolidating multi-brand diagnostics into one interface. Early adopter Alaska Airlines reports that deploying the camera across ground support tractors cuts incident root-cause investigations down to minutes while reducing costly aircraft ground damage.