Also, how can I provide a tf prefix for the /robot_description parameter?  Now, my Robot Model in rviz doesn't display my robot because of this error: "No transform from [base] to [/worldBase]".


In cturtle you set the "TF Prefix" option in the RobotModel display.  There was no per-display support for it in boxturtle, but you can set the ~tf_prefix parameter on the rviz node.

Josh