Read the article The Chinese Room: Just Say No!, by Robert M. French, which I passed out in class. This article argues for the necessity of an embodied approach to AI.
Read the excerpt from Vehicles ("Let the Problem of the Mind Dissolve in Your Mind"), by Valentino Braitenberg, which I passed out in class. We'll talk about Braitenberg vehicles on Thursday.
Read Chapter 11 of Artificial Minds, by Stan Franklin. If you're pressed for time, you can skim or skip the first part of the chapter. The main part to focus on is pages 255-265, which covers Rodney Brooks' work on robotics.
Read Chapter 15: "Intelligence Without Representation", by Rodney Brooks, in Mind Design II. This paper describes Brooks' philosophical approach to robotics.