An input-output equation of degree 24 is derived for a spatial 7R mechanism with consecutive pair axes intersecting. This mechanism is essentially the mathematical model for the kinematic analysis of a lobster’s arm which is an open 6R chain with mutually perpendicular consecutive pair axes, the geometry of which was first described by Willis [4] in 1841. The analysis of this special 7R mechanism constitutes a major step towards the solution of the general 7R mechanism with seven axes arbitrarily oriented in space.