Posts on Jack Kawell

Setting up ROS in Windows through WSL2

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

This post is a tutorial on how to set up a working ROS development environment within Windows (complete with GUI support) utilizing the new Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2).

Create .bashrc files for Command Prompt and PowerShell in Windows

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

As someone who uses Linux a lot as my development workflow I’ve gotten used to the great power and flexibility of .bashrc files. This post shows two ways to get this functionality in PowerShell.

Setting up Powerline in WSL and VS Code

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

While the basic WSL shell is alright, I recently found out about Powerline which basically adds a ton of visual aids and customization to your terminal. This post shows how I set it up in WSL.

Custom Cost Function for OMPL & MoveIt! through ROS

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000

In this post I’ll cover how to setup OMPL with a custom optimization objective that reaches out to the ROS stack for its cost function.

Installing RealSense SDK on an ODROID-XU4

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

In this post I’ll walk through how to get the RealSense SDK up and running on the ODROID-XU4. This might seem trivial at first, but the steps can be a bit confusing.

Setting up ROS in Windows through Docker

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

In another post, I wrote about setting up a ROS development environment within Windows using WSL. This post is about doing the same except using Docker.

Installing OMPL/MoveIt! for custom motion planning

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

I needed a development environment that included ROS, OMPL, and MoveIt!. This post walks through how to set this environment up.

Setting up ROS in Windows through WSL

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

This post is now deprecated with the public launch of WSL2. I have a new post documenting how to do this same set up with WSL2. Check it out over here.