Roaches with backpacks? You jest with me, sir!!!
Apparently not. This video from CNN (posted on September 17, 2012) shows how these little guys may be quite helpful...
While I'm a little dubious on the morality of this (even if a roach is... well, a roach... the idea of turning it into a cyborg is kind'a creepy), this is quite an intriguing idea. Until the robot apocalypse, that is...