A walking assistance device may be controlled using a personalized gait policy. A preset event is detected during a current gait cycle based on state information associated with a motion of the walking assistance device, a reward value of state information associated with the motion is evaluated at a point in time at which the event is detected, and a personalized gait policy is updated based on state information associated with the motion when updating of the personalized gait policy is determined to be required based on the reward value.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATTING PERSONALIZED GAIT POLICY