Robot apparatus, methods and computer products

An advanced robotic system, referred to a new robot, including a computer-controlled actuator with sensors which is operative for performing at least one task in an environment, the system comprising:

• a short-range wireless receiver in said robotic system;
• a learn-from-predecessor functionality including a processor which is governed by a data exchange protocol,
• said processor is configured to control short-range wireless knowledge transfer from a short-range wireless transmitter in a predecessor robot system, referred to an old robot, to the short-range wireless receiver,
• wherein the wireless knowledge transfer comprises copying from the old robot into the new robot at least one environment-specific datum, the datum comprises trained machine-learning models, labeled data and rules for performing the at least one robot task;
• and
• wherein the new robot is configured to use the copied machine-learning models and labeled data, for deducing updated rules for performing the at least one robot task,
• wherein the new robot is configured to use the copied machine-learning models, labeled data and capabilities different from capabilities of the old robot for deducing updated rules for performing the at least one robot task, wherein the updated rules include the different capabilities of the new robot, the updated rules include modified scope of the task performable by the new robot, the modified scope comprises one or more extensions of the at least one robot task with user confirmation that the new robot can perform while the old robot cannot, wherein the new robot configured to perform said modified scope and update rules and map area to be cleaned.