Fuzzy logic is a form of knowledge representation that allows for notions that cannot be precisely defined but depend on context. It originated in the 1960s from Lotfi Asker Zadeh and was first implemented commercially in control systems in the 1980s. Fuzzy logic uses fuzzy sets and membership functions to model imprecise data, as opposed to traditional binary logic that uses true and false. It has been applied in control systems like temperature controllers and anti-lock braking systems to improve efficiency over conventional control methods.