Rthro

Anthro (Anthropomorphic Avatars) is an upcoming avatar type for Roblox. This new avatar type was announced in the Roblox Developers Conference 2017. The avatars are more humanoid in this update instead of the traditional "blocky" appearance. With more joint points on the avatar than R6 and R15, animations also are more human-like. Existing catalog content, such as hats, shirts, and pants will still be compatible with this avatar. This new avatar type contains many glitches, and will most likely not fit in well with a wide variety of games. It is unknown at the moment when Anthro will be released, although it's likely that it'll be released in 2018. Users have reported that in the Roblox Studio files, there is a folder named "Anthro" with R15 characters sized to the Anthro height. This can also be found on gametest1.

Criticism
Not many Roblox users have criticized the realism of Anthro. Many claims suggest that adding a more realistic avatar is making ROBLOX go into the Uncanny Valley. Users have also expressed concern that Anthro will replace the more traditional R6 and R15 avatar types, though there has been no confirmation of this. Also, many users have been complaining that it is ironic to add a human-like package to a game called "ROBLOX" because it is supposed to be a "blocky" game. People also fear about items not being compatible in certain ways, e.g. a hat that goes right through your face. Users have also been saying that when Anthro is released, the amount of Online Daters will increase, and existing online daters will use it. At RDC 2017; the Roblox Developers did not like Anthro and even made jokes about it and in fact only 10% of the Roblox Dev Forum Users actually approve Anthro.

The false rumor
People think that when anthro is added, both R15 and R6 will be removed, but it is false.

As R15 and R6, Anthro will be a configuration option in the character selection, and for game developers, they could choose to make the game R15, R6 or Anthro only, meaning that Anthro wont be the HUGE damage people think it will cause to roblox, cause games like roblox high school would choose to be R15 Only, so Anthro players will be forced to use R15 in the game.

So, in other games like vehicle simulator, they could let you use Anthro and R15, Depends of what character a player uses.

Trivia

 * Ken the Male and Barb the Female are actually named after Barbie dolls.
 * Some people now joke that Roblox will become “RoSims” because of Anthro.