Criminal Simulator AI Research Center

Crime Simulator AI Research Center: plan location TBA, robots, electronics kit. Skip the first quota. CookieDev Steam, not Roblox. Verified October 2026.

Plan location and robot security.

~7 min read

Ashen Creek Tools

At A Glance

The Crime Simulator AI Research Center is a high-security job on Steam Crime Simulator by CookieDev (App 2737070). Google autocomplete names it directly, including the tail AI Research Center plan location. The site brand is Criminal Simulator. This is not Roblox Criminal Simulator and it is not a first $500 house. Verified October 29, 2026 · Steam.

Expect robots, electronics, cameras, and dense loot. The plan document is a physical object (or a heist-unlock paper) — room name TBA until a dated HUD still. Do not invent a closet.

Fact	Detail
Platform	Steam (Windows) · Xbox listing
Job type	High-security research facility
Search intent	crime simulator ai research center · plan location
Plan / blueprint	TBA — physical document; no invented room
Robots	Hostile security; hack-to-disable Unverified
Recommended kit	Advanced Electronics, remote hack, scanner
Mode	After Normal/Pro comfort; skip first $500 quota
Last checked	October 29, 2026

When should I take the AI Research Center?

After you can extract from a small house without panic, and after an electronics leaflet is spent. The beginner guide tells you not to queue this as map one for a reason: keypads, cameras, and robots assume kit you do not have on night one.

Crime Simulator AI Research Center exterior on approach

You are here	Queue AI Research?	Do this instead
First $500 quota, Casual	No	Small residential house
Standard Normal, lockpick only	No	Spend Electronics leaflet
Scanner + remote hack unlocked	Yes, on Normal/Pro	Scout cameras first
Hardcore Master, first try	No	Learn the layout on Standard
Co-op of four, no electronics	No	Split a suburb, not a lab

It is a job, not a region hub

Base Crime Simulator lists several area types; community HUDs also name Rural St. and River St. The Crime Simulator AI Research Center sits with those as a selectable job, not as “the whole map.” If the truck computer does not show it, you are missing an unlock or a plan item — next section — not a bug in this wiki.

Difficulty still sits on top

Casual delays cops. Master arms NPCs and speeds response in exchange for better loot odds. You do not need Master loot to learn the hallway. Solo or online co-op up to 4. Extra players empty labs faster and also trip more robots. Live on Steam · Ashen Creek DLC (August 11, 2026).

Timing chosen, the search query that actually hits this URL is the plan.

Where is the AI Research Center plan?

Treat AI Research Center plan location as a physical document, not a pause-menu map pin. Two community readings exist: (1) a paper inside the facility that the job asks you to grab, and (2) a heist-plan elsewhere that unlocks the research job (same pattern as other named heists). Both room names are TBA until a dated HUD still.

Crime Simulator AI Research Center high-tech interior and desks

Reading	What to do	Status
Plan inside the lab	Search desks, offices, marked loot with a scanner	Room TBA
Plan that unlocks the job	Check other maps and the truck computer for a heist-plan item	Spawn TBA
Pause-menu “plan”	Does not replace the object	Do not wait on a fantasy UI
Fan closet name	Ignore until it matches your HUD	Unverified

Do not invent a room

A guessed “third-floor server closet” that is wrong wastes a cop timer. Perception highlights and scanner pings beat a wiki rumor. If your build does not show the item, say so in Discord with a screenshot date — this page will stay TBA rather than lie.

Texas Train and other heist papers

Community clips bundle “find AI Research / train heist plans” as world loot. That supports reading (2): some jobs stay locked until you pick up a plan. Exact furniture the paper sits in is still TBA. Check the truck list after every sold haul.

The plan does not matter if a robot ends the run.

Skills, then Ashen Creek

Matched by build plan, shared topics, and guide progression — not random related links.

Skills

Leaflets and skill points

Ashen Creek

DLC streets and traps

Can I hack the robots?

Players ask this constantly. Honest answer: Unverified as a one-button disable. Bring Advanced Electronics and a remote hack because the building is an electronics job. Do not walk in expecting a single prompt that turns every unit friendly.

Crime Simulator AI Research Center security robot in a hallway

Approach	Use when	Risk
Avoid / route around	You can see the patrol and still reach loot	Lowest — default
Remote hack on a device	A camera, keypad, or named hackable is in range	Does not prove robots are in that list
Quiet KO tools	A human NPC, not a metal unit	Wrong tool on a robot
Baseball bat	Already spotted, door is the truck	Noise + cops; worst lab plan
Invisibility world reward	Chase already started, truck is close	Cooldown; not a robot skip

Treat them as security, not loot

Robots are the reason this page exists next to tools. They are not a vendor. Do not stand in front of one to “see what happens” on Hardcore. If a patch later adds a confirmed hack, the HUD will show a prompt — then we drop Unverified.

Co-op callouts

One player watches the unit, one loots, one hauls. Calling “robot hallway” is more useful than calling a fake plan closet. A zip tie does nothing on metal.

Kit is how you make the Unverified problem smaller.

Which kit do I bring?

Match electronics, not melee. Recap loadout for the Crime Simulator AI Research Center: lockpicks or bobby pins for leftover mechanical doors, Advanced Electronics spent, remote hack, scanner, optional drone if you already own it. Leave the bat in the truck until a chase is real.

Item / skill	Why it is on this job	Skip if
Electronics leaflet ranks	Keypads and devices	You still cannot spend the leaflet
Remote hack	Cameras / panels at range	The shop row is still locked
Scanner	Dense electronics loot, possible plan ping	First $500 house — you should not be here
Lockpick / bobby pin	Mixed lock types	Never — bring them anyway
Drone	Scout a hallway without a body	You have not unlocked it
Zip ties	Human NPCs only	You expect only robots
Baseball bat	Panic slot	It is your only plan
Invisibility	Extract after a mistake	You think it disables robots

Skills that actually move the needle

Electronics first. Perception next so NPC and camera timing show on the HUD. Backpacker / Strongman if the lab fills the bag with dense loot. Reader only if duplicate leaflets are a problem. Full spend order: skills.

Extract still beats a full lab

The same quota rule as suburbs: a half bag you sell beats a truck the police take. Research loot is dense; you do not need every server rack. Leave when the HUD is covered or when robots collapse the route.

If the night still dumps, it is usually a mistake below, not a missing secret room.

Which mistakes dump a research run?

These are Standard wipes and wasted three-day bills, not skill essays.

Mistake	Fix
First map of a new save	Small house — beginner guide
No electronics leaflet	Truck computer + skills
Inventing a plan closet	Scanner + HUD; room stays TBA here
Assuming robots hack in one click	Unverified. Route around; bring remote hack anyway
Bat as plan A	Quiet kit; bat is the panic slot
Zip-tying a robot	Ties are for bodies, not metal
Staying for one more rack after cops	Extract when the truck covers quota
Hardcore Master as a layout lesson	Standard until you have left once clean
Roblox scripts / codes	Wrong game. No codes tab on Steam
Confusing this with Ashen Creek jewelry	Different job — Ashen Creek is DLC streets

One sentence that pays the lab

Spend electronics, treat the plan as TBA paper, bag scanner loot, leave before robots own the hall. That is the Crime Simulator AI Research Center loop.

What should I open after this?

Finish the leaflet spend on skills, then lock the kit on tools. DLC streets, jewelry, and pressure floors: Ashen Creek. Quota and Hardcore: game modes. First-hour reminder if you queued this too early: beginner guide.