I am making a mechanical sculpture that requires two servos and arms, able to move up and down through 90°. They will move independently through programmed sequences made up of "ups" and "downs", and I need to be able to add new sequences whenever through a program. Perhaps I will be able to program the sequences in through a physical controller like a knob for each arm, and they remember and repeat the sequence.
I have no experience in electronics or coding at all, although I am very practically capable, I can solder and am a good mechanical engineer. I just need to know where to start looking for information. Basically asking for a roadmap.
I know in robotics terms this is extremely simple. There are no sensors or multiple servos. Just 2 straight small arms with 1 servo each. All the tutorials I've found are for much more complex builds and include sensors, logic, Arduinos or whatever, which is more complex than I need to learn. Is there some kind of microcontroller that would suffice? Best way to program it for a beginner? Is it best to program such motions in terms of degrees of rotation? Ideally all the electronics would fit into a small box wthin the sculpture and it would be chargeable or plug into a wall. Thanks for any pointers to resources.