What board and programmer to buy to start?

Question

C++ / C#

I want to try my hand at robotics.
The goal is to make a semblance of a human hand.
To do this, as I understand it, you need N pieces of servos and some kind of microcontroller.
Everything is fine with mathematics, with programming too, but I don’t know anything about how to choose boards / programmers / hardware.
There is too much water on beginner sites.

Answer 1

Take debug boards based on STM32. Don't take an Arduino. Understand the principle of development on microcontrollers: interrupts, timers, interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART).

Answer 2

For a "try" I would still advise arduino. Nobody bothers to program it as a bare microcontroller with interrupts, memory allocations, etc. But the issue with programmers, harnesses, etc. is solved at once.

Answer 3

Take arduino and shields for servos.
Anyone will have to start with flashing LEDs, but you will pass this stage in 5 minutes.