inside the if how instanceof work here

public static void main(String[] args)
{
 //add all robots to a list
 ArrayList robots = new ArrayList();
 robots.add(new WorkerRobot());
 robots.add(new GuardRobot());
 robots.add(new WateringCan());

 //build a wall if you can
 for (Object robot: robots)
 {
  if (robot instanceof WallBuilder)
  {
   WallBuilder builder = (WallBuilder) robot;
   builder.buildWall();
   }
  }
 }
}