error CS0266: Cannot implicitly convert type `UnityEngine.Object' to `UnityEngine.Transform'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)

Hi, I have this code here (please consider I’m new to C#)

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class cloneAndDestroy : MonoBehaviour {

	private UdpReceive udpRec;
	
	
	//Object to be instantiated 
	Transform prefabToSpawn; 
	//One can only create 3 waypoints at a time 
	int maxAmt = 3;
	// circular list: private 
	Transform[] maxAmtList; 
	private int curPos = 0;



	void  Start (){ 

		Application.runInBackground = true;
		//using find //
		udpRec = GameObject.Find("OSC receiver").GetComponent(typeof(UdpReceive)) as UdpReceive;

		maxAmtList = new Transform[maxAmt]; 
	}
	
	void  Update (){

		if (udpRec.maxValues.Length <= 0) {
			return;
		}


		float cloneYes = udpRec.MaxValue(3);

		if (cloneYes == 1){ 
			if (maxAmtList[curPos]){ 
				// if some object already in curPos... 
				Destroy(maxAmtList[curPos].gameObject); // delete it 
			} 
			//create a new waypoint and store it in curPos: 
			
			maxAmtList[curPos] = Instantiate(prefabToSpawn, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
			//increment curPos in a circular fashion: 
			curPos = (curPos + 1) % maxAmt; } 
	}
}

I get this error: error CS0266: Cannot implicitly convert type UnityEngine.Object' to UnityEngine.Transform’. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)

the line where the error seems to occur is: maxAmtList[curPos] = Instantiate(prefabToSpawn, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);

any idea why/ what should i do for solve this?
thanks!!!

Instantiate() returns an object. but maxAmtList is an array of Transforms.
The error is telling you that you cannot implicitly convert type Object (returned by Instantiate) to Transform (expected by maxAmtList). But, good news, an explicit conversion exists, and it helpfully suggests that you might be missing a cast, which indeed you are:

maxAmtList[curPos] = (Transform)Instantiate(prefabToSpawn, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);